学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2841 evacuate

今天我们要学的词是evacuate¹。Evacuate is spelled e-v-a-c-u-a-t-e, evacuate. Evacuate动词，意思是疏散、撤退。Rescuers searching for more than 90 people missing after a huge landslide² in southwest China were ordered to evacuate due to the risk of another landslide. 中国西南部发生大型山体滑坡，寻找失踪的90余人的搜救人员收到撤退的命令，因为存在再次发生山体滑坡的风险。As water levels on the Kings River in California begin to recede³, some evacuated⁴ residents began to assess the damage left behind by flooding days ago. 随着位于加州的国王河的水位开始下降，一些被疏散的居民开始评估几天前的洪涝灾害造成的损失。好的，我们今天学习的词是evacuate, evacuate, evacuate...
 

1 evacuate   

v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便

参考例句：

• We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！
• They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。

2 landslide   

n.(竞选中)压倒多数的选票；一面倒的胜利

参考例句：

• Our candidate is predicated to win by a landslide.我们的候选人被预言将以绝对优势取胜。
• An electoral landslide put the Labour Party into power in 1945.1945年工党以压倒多数的胜利当选执政。

3 recede   

vi.退(去)，渐渐远去；向后倾斜，缩进

参考例句：

• The colleges would recede in importance.大学的重要性会降低。
• He saw that the dirty water had begun to recede.他发现那污浊的水开始往下退了。

4 evacuated   

撤退者的

参考例句：

• Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
• The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。