flee

常用用法

這組詞(組)都有“跑開”“逃跑”“逃亡”的意思。其區(qū)別在於:escape多表示逃跑後的結(jié)果(如未被捕獲,竝不指逃跑的動(dòng)作); flee表示逃跑的行爲(wèi)本身,常含有“懼怕”的意味。例如:
Many people fled the burning hotel.許多人逃離了著火的旅館。
There was evidence that the burglars had been frightened and had fled.有証據(jù)說竊賊是受驚之後倉皇逃走的。
fly強(qiáng)調(diào)“逃跑”的倉促性,通常帶有緊急意味。例如:
Why did the sportsman fly his country?爲(wèi)什麼那個(gè)運(yùn)動(dòng)員叛逃到國外去呢?
run away多用於口語,指不讓人知道,有時(shí)含有“不辤而別”的意味。例如:
He ran away twice from his boarding school.他兩次從寄宿學(xué)校出走。