小词详解 | abscond
abscond 英 [əbˈskɒnd] 美 [əbˈskɑːnd]
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外刊例句
Just ordering a pizza requires faith that the dough will be well made, that the pizzeria will not abuse the customer’s credit-card information, and that the delivery man will not abscond with the cargo.
社会的运转有赖于信任的存在,连叫一个匹萨也都是如此——你得相信面团会揉制得很好,相信店家不会滥用顾客的信用卡信息,送餐员也不会携匹萨潜逃。
——《经济学人》The owner of a Kobe sporting-goods store was arrested after allegedly absconding with $64,000 in advance payments for Air Maxes (athletic shoes).
神户一家运动用品公司老板因涉嫌卷款潜逃而被捕,款项是 Air Maxes 运动鞋的预付金6.4万美元。
——《时代周刊》
基本释义
[verb] leave hurriedly and secretly, typically to avoid detection of or arrest for an unlawful action such as theft
[动词] 匆忙且秘密地离开,通常是为了避免盗窃等非法行为被发现或因之被捕
深入解读
Abscond 一词由前缀 abs- (离开)+词根 cond (藏)构成,16世纪60年代经法语 abscondre (隐藏)或者直接由拉丁语 abscondere (隐藏、使看不见)进入英语,即用来表示“逃走、逃遁、逃脱、溜掉”,主要指为了躲避罪责、法律制裁等而突然、匆忙且秘密地逃离某处,既包括被拘留或监管的人逃跑,也可以指保释的人没有在指定的时间接受羁押,常用搭配 abscond from sth ,比如:
那个适应力强的女孩和男友从寄宿学校逃走了。
The resilient girl absconded from boarding school with her boyfriend.那个所谓的大师被传唤于第二天出庭,可是他逃跑了。
The so-called guru was ordered to appear the following day, but absconded.
在这个概念下,现在通常更多的是用其特指携款“潜逃”,也就是在盗窃、诈骗等非法携带他人财物的情况下匆忙且秘密地离开,以避免被发现或被捕,常用搭配 abscond with sth ,比如:
她总是那么时髦,那么优雅。但不幸的是,她的合伙人都是些骗子,已卷款逃之夭夭了。
She was always so chic, so elegant. But unfortunately, her partners were crooks and absconded with the funds.
影视用例
Did you abscond with the Church funds? Did you run off with a senator's wife?
你卷走过教堂的钱?和参议员的老婆私奔过?
出自1942年上映的美国经典爱情剧情片《卡萨布兰卡》(Casablanca,港台译《北非谍影》)。
同近义词
escape: break free from confinement or control
bolt: (of a person) move or run away suddenly
flee: run away from a place or situation of danger
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