evacuated

/ɪˈvæk.ju.eɪt/ (bre, ipa) · [ɪvˈækjəwˌetɪd] /ɪˈvæk.ju.eɪt/ (ame, ipa) · [ɪvˈækjəwˌetɪd] /i-ˈva-kyə-ˌwāt -kyü-ˌāt/ (ame, mw)

evacuated — verb

  • evacuatedpresent simple I / you / we / they
  • evacuateds3rd person singular
  • evacuateding-ing form
  • evacuatededpast simple

1. to move people away from a place that is dangerous or threatened, sending them t

1.動詞及物 / 不及物B1
釋義

to move people away from a place that is dangerous or threatened, sending them to a safer location. For example, residents leaving a city before a hurricane arrives, or everyone leaving a building during a fire.

例句

The mayor ordered the police to evacuate the coastal town before the typhoon arrived.

evacuate + place (coastal town) before a disaster

When the fire alarm rang, staff evacuated everyone from the office tower.

evacuate + persons + from + place

同義詞
  • move out

    less formal; common in everyday speech

  • clear

    can be used for removing people from a building ('clear the room') but less specific about danger

  • withdraw

    more formal and often military ('withdraw troops'); implies planned, organised movement

反義詞
  • enter

    the opposite direction of movement

  • return

    what people do after the danger is gone

文法句型

evacuate + place/persons

evacuate from + place

be evacuated (passive)

用法筆記

Frequently used in passive voice (be evacuated) when the focus is on the people being moved rather than who is doing the moving. The intransitive use — for example, 'The residents evacuated before the storm' — is common in news reporting.

常見錯誤

❌We evacuated the hospital to the next town.
✅We evacuated patients from the hospital to the next town.
💡The object of 'evacuate' is what is being removed, and 'to' introduces the destination.
❌They evacuated the dangerous area into a shelter.
✅They evacuated people from the dangerous area to a shelter.
💡Use 'from' for the starting place and 'to' for the safe place.

2. to empty the solid waste contents of the bowels or stomach. Used in medical and

2.動詞及物C1
釋義

to empty the solid waste contents of the bowels or stomach. Used in medical and clinical contexts when describing a patient's bodily functions or a medical procedure.

例句

The doctor asked the patient to evacuate his bowels before the colonoscopy.

evacuate + possessive + bowels (medical instruction)

Some prescribed medications help patients evacuate their bowels more regularly.

同義詞
  • empty

    more general; can apply to bowels but also to containers, rooms, etc.

  • relieve oneself

    a polite euphemism, less technical

  • void

    formal medical term for passing urine or stool

反義詞
  • retain

    to hold waste in the body, opposite of expelling it

文法句型

evacuate + noun (the bowels / the stomach / the contents)

用法筆記

This sense is almost exclusively used in medical writing or clinical discussion. In everyday conversation, speakers use phrases like 'have a bowel movement', 'go to the toilet', or 'pass stool' instead. The transitive form (evacuate the bowels) is more common than the intransitive form (the patient evacuated).

常見錯誤

❌I need to evacuate before we leave for work.
✅I need to use the bathroom before we leave for work.
💡Using 'evacuate' for everyday toileting sounds too clinical and odd in casual conversation.
❌The medication helped him evacuate his stomach.
✅The medication helped him evacuate his bowels.
💡'Evacuate the stomach' usually refers to vomiting (gastric evacuation), not bowel movements.