fugitive
fugitive 英 [ˈfju:dʒətɪv] 美 [ˈfjudʒɪtɪv]
adj. 逃亡的；无常的；易变的 n. 逃亡者；难捕捉之物
名词复数:fugitives
- Someone who flees or runs away from the police to avoid capture is a fugitive. "Authorities were looking for three men who escaped from prison today. Authorities believe the three fugitives may be disguised as nuns and advise the public to be careful."
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- adj. 逃亡的；无常的；易变的
- n. 逃亡者；难捕捉之物
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1. Clay said a better law was needed for the return of fugitive slaves to their owners.
克莱说，一项好的法律应该是让逃亡的奴隶回到他们的主人手中。
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2. He thinks it would be impossible to uphold the Constitution as between Slave States and Free States without some fugitive Slave Law, so long as Slave States exist at all.
他认为，在奴隶制并没有被完全废除的前提下，如果没有《逃亡奴隶法》之类的法律，要想让这个蓄奴州和废奴州并存的国家保持统一，是不可能的。
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3. The fugitive could not have thrown himself into the Seine without being seen by the man who was following him. What had become of him?
这个逃亡者不可能在跳入塞纳河或爬上河岸时不被跟踪的人望见，他到哪儿去了呢？
- fugitive (adj.) late 14c., "fleeing, having fled, having taken flight," from Old French fugitif, fuitif "absent, missing," from Latin fugitivus "fleeing," past-participle adjective from stem of fugere "to flee, fly, take flight, run away; become a fugitive, leave the country, go into exile; pass quickly; vanish, disappear, perish; avoid, shun; escape the notice of, be unknown to," from PIE root *bheug- "to flee" (source also of Greek pheugein "to flee, escape, go into exile, be on the run," phyza "(wild) flight, panic," phyge "flight, exile;" Lithuanian būgstu, būgti "be frightened," bauginti "frighten someone," baugus "timid, nervous;" perhaps also Avestan būj(i)- "penance, atonement," būjat "frees"). Old English had flyma.
- fugitive (n.) late 14c., "one who flees, a runaway, a fugitive from justice, an outlaw," from fugitive (adj.). Old French fugitif also was used as a noun meaning "fugitive person," and Latin fugitivus (adj.) commonly also was used as a noun meaning "a runaway, fugitive slave, deserter."
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