mass evacuations

/mæs ɪˌvækjuˈeɪʃənz/· noun phrase

环境/气候/能源B1

mass evacuations
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Chinese meaning

大dà规guī模mó疏shū散sàn

大dà批pī人rén员yuán紧jǐn急jí撤chè离lí危wēi险xiǎn区qū域yù

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台tái风fēng暴bào雨yǔ引yǐn发fā的de紧jǐn急jí人rén员yuán撤chè离lí

Example

Weather tracker: Typhoon Saudel causes mass evacuations in south-east China

天tiān气qì追zhuī踪zōng:台tái风fēng「苏sū特tè尔ěr」(Saudel)在zài中zhōng国guó东dōng南nán部bù引yǐn发fā大dà规guī模mó疏shū散sàn。

Source: The Guardian · 7 Sep 2026

Background ✎

台tái风fēng「苏sū特tè尔ěr」给gěi中zhōng国guó东dōng南nán部bù浙zhè江jiāng、江jiāng西xī、福fú建jiàn、广guǎng东dōng带dài来lái连lián日rì暴bào雨yǔ,福fú建jiàn莆pú田tián24小xiǎo时shí降jiàng雨yǔ量liàng达dá416.5毫háo米mǐ。福fú建jiàn约yuē60万wàn人rén从cóng高gāo风fēng险xiǎn地dì区qū紧jǐn急jí撤chè离lí,江jiāng西xī约yuē12.8万wàn人rén受shòu灾zāi、9000人rén紧jǐn急jí疏shū散sàn,多duō地dì发fā生shēng洪hóng涝lào和hé山shān体tǐ滑huá坡pō。

Roots · etymology

evacuation源自拉丁语「清空」(vacuare)

  • mass(大规模的)+ evacuation(疏散)+ 复数-s

Collocations

  • mass evacuations/order evacuations/evacuate residents

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