evacuate
1.evacuate通常有三个意思：1.（居民等）从（地方）撤退，如The inhabitants evacuated the city last week。2.“使居民等从（地方）撤退”，如An order has been issued to evacuate the city within a week。3.“使（居民等）撤退”，如An order has been issued to evacuate the inhabitants within a week。
2.evacuate有时用作不及物动词，作“撤退”或“办理撤退事宜”解，如The inhabitants have begun to evacuate和The officer has entered the city to evacuate。
3.说“撤退到什么地方”，evacuate（不论及物动词或不及物动词）后面可以接to或into，如An order has been issued to evacuate the inhabitants to the seaside和They soon evacuated into the country。
