1. (通常因為違法或毀約而)驅逐,趕出 If someone is evicted from the place where they are living, they are forced to leave it, usually because they have broken a law or contract.
e.g. They were evicted from their apartment after their mother became addicted to drugs... 他們的母親吸毒上癮后,他們被從公寓里趕了出來(lái)。 e.g. In the first week, the city police evicted ten families... 在第一周內,該市警方就驅逐了10個(gè)家庭。
evict英英釋義
verb
1. expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process
e.g. The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months
Synonym: force out
2. expel or eject without recourse to legal process
e.g. The landlord wanted to evict the tenants so he banged on the pipes every morning at 3 a.m.