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evacuate

英 [ɪ'vækjʊeɪt] 美[ɪ'vækjuet]
  • vt. 疏散,撤退;排泄
  • vi. 疏散;撤退;排泄

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中文词源


evacuate 疏散

e-, 向外。-vac, 空的,词源同vacate, vacation.

英文词源


evacuate (v.)
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.

双语例句


1. Army helicopters tried to evacuate the injured.
军队直升机试图转移伤员。

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2. They agreed on how to evacuate the civilians from the island.
他们就如何撤退岛上的居民取得了一致意见.

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3. Tell them you intend to evacuate the children.
告诉他们你打算疏散儿童.

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4. And the word, evacuate, is not uttered in polite society.
而是将他处决,而“ evacuate ”(即疏散)一字在上流社会中是不便启齿的.

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5. It has forced politicians to think again about the wisdom of trying to evacuate refugees.
这迫使政治家们重新考虑疏散难民是否明智。

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