1520s (trans.), from Latin evacuatus, past participle of evacuare "to empty, make void, nullify," used by Pliny in reference to the bowels, used figuratively in Late Latin for "clear out;" from assimilated form of ex- "out" (see ex-) + vacuus "empty" (see vacuum).
Earliest sense in English is medical. Military use is by 1710. Meaning "remove inhabitants to safer ground" is from 1934. Intransitive sense is from 1630s; of civilian persons by 1900. Replaced Middle English evacuen "draw off or expel (humors) from the body" (c. 1400). Related: Evacuated; evacuating.
雙語例句
1. Army helicopters tried to evacuate the injured.
軍隊(duì)直升機(jī)試圖轉(zhuǎn)移傷員。
來自柯林斯例句
2. They agreed on how to evacuate the civilians from the island.
他們就如何撤退島上的居民取得了一致意見.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. Tell them you intend to evacuate the children.
告訴他們你打算疏散兒童.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. And the word, evacuate, is not uttered in polite society.
而是將他處決,而“ evacuate ”(即疏散)一字在上流社會中是不便啟齒的.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
5. It has forced politicians to think again about the wisdom of trying to evacuate refugees.