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单词 flee
释义
flee
verb[IorT,never passive]
uk
/fliː/us
/fliː/
present participlefleeing|past tense and past participlefled
C1
toescapebyrunningaway,especiallybecause ofdangerorfear:
（尤指因危险或恐惧而）逃跑
She fled(from)theroomintears.她哭着跑出房间。
Inordertoescapecapture, he fledtothemountains.为了免遭俘虏，他逃到了山里。
flee the country
toquicklygo to anothercountryinordertoescapefrom something or someone:
逃出国
It islikelythat thesuspectshave fled thecountryby now.很有可能这些嫌疑犯现在已经逃到了国外。
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  • Everyyearthousands ofpeopleflee thebigcitiesinsearchof theruralidyll.
  • War,famineandoppressionhaveforcedpeoplein theregionto flee fromtheirhomes.
  • Thousands offugitivesare fleeing from thewar-tornarea.
  • Hundreds ofpeoplehavelefttheirdevastatedvillagesand fled to themountains.
  • Thousands ofrefugeesfledacrosstheborder.
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Running away and escaping
  • abscond
  • back away
  • back off
  • bail out
  • be at largeidiom
  • be on the runidiom
  • escape
  • extrication
  • fugitive
  • gaolbreak
  • getaway
  • go/be run to groundidiom
  • leg
  • scram
  • shakesomethingoff
  • shoot
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(Definition offleefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

flee| American Dictionary

flee
verb[I/T]
us
/fli/
past tense and past participlefledus/fled/
toescapebyrunningaway,esp. because ofdangerorfear:
[I]AnFBIspokesmansaid Stewart fled beforepolicearrived.
(Definition offleefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofflee

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Most often, the captives resisted, and they and their oppressors negotiated a modus vivendi ; when this broke down or proved impossible, the captives fled.
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298 gage fiercely in endemic warfare, including hand-to-hand combat and touching, but then finally fled or were taken as captives.
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The others who fled did so either before their arrest, or after their indictment but before being called for trial.
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Although the ruling family had time to escape with some of its belongings, the rest of the elite residents abandoned their goods and fled.
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He flees from her and soon comes upon a lone house in the woods that turns out to be the yamauba's dwelling.
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At this juncture everybody fled, looking for refuge in the towns.
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Many sons of the professional upper middle class fled the feminizing conventions of domesticity to seek adventure in the empire.
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Rumors abounded : black teachers had fled ; black schools were closed ; black maids had quit the homes of white people.
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Shut out and denied, this violence fled in two directions: into the future, and into the landscape.
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Moreover, individual workers, despite their debts and contractual obligations, often fled the plantation districts.
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They expected that those who fled would be unemployed and dependent on soup kitchens.
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He abandoned everyone else to their fate and fled to safety.
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As the occupants of the chateaux fled eastwards, it was immobile occupants of the cottages who bore the brunt.
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Men fleeing from a critical world and their own eyes.
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After a few tense moments the elephant turned and fled.
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