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fugitive

/fyoo-ji-tiv/US // ˈfyu dʒɪ tɪv //UK // (ˈfjuːdʒɪtɪv) //

逃亡者,逃亡,亡命之徒,逃犯

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who is fleeing, as from prosecution, intolerable circumstances, etc.; a runaway: a fugitive from justice;a fugitive from a dictatorial regime.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having taken flight, or run away: The Fugitive Slave Act was part of the Compromise of 1850 that led the United States even closer to civil war.
    • : fleeting; transitory; elusive: fugitive thoughts that could not be formulated.
    • : Fine Arts. changing color as a result of exposure to light and chemical substances present in the atmosphere, in other pigments, or in the medium.
    • : dealing with subjects of passing interest, as writings; ephemeral: fugitive essays.
    • : wandering, roving, or vagabond: a fugitive carnival.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.fleeing, transient

Examples

  • These prewar doctrines formed the basis of the wartime policy by which the Union Army confiscated, freed and eventually enlisted fugitive slaves.

  • The fugitive quality of the book’s structure and plot also parallels the arc of his strained on-again, off-again relationship with his mother, who eventually descends into dementia.

  • The fugitive, Shawn Lequin Braddy, 37, opened fire on Montgomery County police officers as they closed in on him Tuesday afternoon, officials said.

  • “They pursue the most serious violent fugitives we have,” Newsham said.

  • After falsely identifying King as the fugitive they were looking for, the officers arrested him before allegedly beating and choking him to the point of unconsciousness.

  • Detectives with a fugitive task force caught up with Polanco and a friend on a Bronx street in the early afternoon.

  • And Daniel Webster, a great opponent of slavery, supported the vile Compromise of 1850, Fugitive Slave Act and all.

  • He had made arrangements to surrender but failed to show and was picked up as a fugitive in Pennsylvania.

  • In 1964 you were given a guest star spot on the series The Fugitive.

  • He spends the rest of the movie struggling to clear his name and channeling Harrison Ford from The Fugitive.

  • Anthony, titular king of Portugal, died at Paris, a fugitive from the victorious arms of the Spaniards.

  • Wallace, the last centre of opposition, was a fugitive, dogged by emissaries of the English King.

  • Stirling surrendered and Wallace a fugitive, Edward went home and meditated measures for the government of the conquered country.

  • They buy no fugitive matter, and I havent 68 sent them anything since having my interview with Mr. Prentice.

  • She hoped that something would turn up and watched the mails very eagerly, hoping that a fugitive check might come.