英语单词 | abscond |
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英美音标 | [æb'skɔnd] |
中文释义 | vi.潜逃,避债 |
vocabulary简明 | Abscond is to escape, often taking something along. As a kid, you may have absconded from your lemonade stand — with the coffee can of cash in hand, and your bewildered sister still filling cups for your customers. |
vocabulary扩展 | Abscond is generally used to describe someone running from law or capture, and the word abscond has been in use since the early sixteenth century — running away and hiding being nothing new. Dogs who get off the leash and dart into the woods are not necessarily absconding; they are simply making a break for it. On the other hand, the Ponzi schemer who went to live in the South of France with his client's money? He absconded. |
柯林斯星级 | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [VERB 动词](从监狱等处)逃走,逃脱 If someone absconds from somewhere such as a prison, they escape from it or leave it without permission. [V] [V [FORMAL 正式]
2 [VERB 动词](携…)潜逃 If someone absconds with something, they leave and take it with them, although it does not belong to them. [V [FORMAL 正式]
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