• adj. 逃亡的；無常的；易變的
• n. 逃亡者；難捕捉之物

來自拉丁語fuga, 逃跑，飛走，來自PIE*bheug, 逃跑，詞源同refuge, centrifuge.

fugitive

fugitive: see refuge

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."

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- (1) "to flee" (cognates: Greek pheugein "to flee," Lithuanian bugstu "be frightened," bauginti "frighten someone," baugus "timid, nervous"). Old English had flyma.

Meaning "lasting but a short time, fleeting" is from c. 1500. Hence its use in literature for short compositions written for passing occasions or purposes (1766).

1. The rebel leader was a fugitive from justice.

叛軍頭目是一名在逃的不法之徒。

來自柯林斯例句

2. a fugitive from justice

逃犯

來自《權威詞典》

3. The police were able to deduce where the fugitive was hiding.

警方成功地推斷出那逃亡者躲藏的地方.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. Oh, the terror of being a fugitive from justice!

唉呀, 成為一個躲避法律的逃犯是多么可怕!

來自英漢文學 - 嘉莉妹妹

5. The journalist is concerned only with the fugitive moment.

這位新聞工作者所關心的只是一霎那的時刻.

來自辭典例句