ESCAPE1 to escape from somewhere where you are in danger2 to escape from a prison or from where someone is keeping you3 to succeed in escaping from someone who is chasing you4 when someone escapes5 someone who has escaped6 to escape from a difficult/embarrassing/boring situation7 unable to escapeRELATED WORDSto avoid being killed or injured 避免死亡或受伤AVOIDsee alsoRUNFREETIE/UNTIEPRISONFOLLOWCATCH1 to escape from somewhere where you are in danger 逃离危险的地方escape /ɪˈskeɪp/ [intransitive/transitive verb]to get away from a place, country etc where you are in danger, especially when it is difficult to do this because someone is trying to catch you or stop you leaving 〔尤指在因为有人追捕或阻止而难以逃脱的情况下从某地或某国家〕逃走，逃离 Only four people managed to escape before the roof collapsed. 只有四人得以在屋顶坍塌之前逃了出来。! The refugees have crossed miles of desert to escape civil war and famine. 难民们千里迢迢穿过沙漠，就为躲避内战和饥荒。escape from Josie managed to escape from her attacker and call the police. 乔茜设法摆脱袭击者并报了警。escape into/through/over etc Some people were able to escape over the border into Tanzania. 有些人越过边境逃到了坦桑尼亚。 When the army began killing civilians in the town, he was able to escape through the jungle. 军队开始屠杀镇上平民时，他得以从丛林逃脱了。get out /ˌget ˈaʊt/ [intransitive phrasal verb]to escape from a place or country when there is a serious risk that something bad will happen very soon 〔坏事即将发生时从某地或某国家〕逃脱，逃出去 Eventually we realized there was no way of getting out. 我们终于意识到已经无路可逃了。 A few people managed to get out before the government crackdown. 有些人设法在政府垮台之前逃了出去。get out of All US tourists and journalists are being advised to get out of the country as soon as possible. 所有的美国游客和记者都接到忠告，应尽快离开那个国家。get out alive The whole building was on fire - we were lucky to get out alive! 整栋大楼都着火了—我们能活着出来真是幸运啊！run away/run off /ˌrʌn əˈweɪ, ˌrʌn ˈɒf/ [intransitive phrasal verb]to try to escape from someone by running away 逃走，逃跑 Don't run away - I'm not going to hurt you. 别逃，我不会伤害你的。 Delia managed to get away from the man and ran off screaming. 迪莉娅设法挣脱了那人，尖叫着逃走了。run away/run off from If you run away from the bull, it's almost certain to attack you. 如果你从公牛身边逃走，那它几乎是肯定要攻击你的。run away/run off into/down/across etc He jumped out of the car and ran off into the woods. 他跳下汽车跑进了树林。bolt /bəʊlt/ [intransitive verb]to suddenly run away very quickly, as soon as you have a chance, especially because you are very frightened 突然狂奔〔尤因非常害怕〕 One of the horses got into a panic and bolted. 其中一匹马受了惊，突然狂奔起来。 When police approached him to ask him some questions, he bolted. 警察上前想问他几个问题，他拔腿就跑。bolt across/into/out etc Before I could say a word, she turned and bolted out the front door. 我还没来得及开口，她转身就从前门跑了。run for it/make a run for it /ˈrʌn fər ɪt, meɪk ə ˈrʌn fər ɪt/ [verb phrase]informalto suddenly run away very quickly because you are in danger of being caught, especially when you are doing something illegal 【非正式】突然逃跑〔尤指在做违法的事情时〕 Somebody's coming. Quick, run for it. 有人来了，快跑。 There's no way we can beat them - we're going to have to make a run for it. 我们是打不过他们的——只有快点逃走了。flee /fliː/ [intransitive/transitive verb]to escape as quickly as possible because you are in great danger - used especially in newspapers 逃跑，逃离〔尤用于报纸上〕 When police arrived, the two men fled. 警察一来，那两个人就逃跑了。flee from/to/into etc Most of the women there were Somalis fleeing from the civil war. 那里大部分妇女都是躲避内战的索马里人。 Up to five million political refugees have fled to other countries. 有近500万名政治难民逃到了其他国家。flee the country/the city etc Rollins tried to flee the country but was stopped at the airport. 罗林斯企图逃出国境，但是在机场被截住了。make your escape /ˌmeɪk jɔːr ɪˈskeɪp/ [verb phrase]to escape from a place or a dangerous situation, especially when you do this quickly and secretly, as soon as you have a chance 〔尤指抓住机会迅速而秘密地〕逃离〔某地或危险的处境〕 He made his escape by climbing through the window and down the fire escape. 他是爬窗顺着太平梯逃走的。 The hostages spent days waiting for the opportunity to make their escape. 人质天天都在等待逃跑的机会。take to your heels /ˌteɪk tə jɔːʳ ˈhiːlz/ [verb phrase]to escape by running away very quickly - used especially in stories 拔脚逃跑〔尤用于故事中〕 The kids immediately took to their heels as Mrs Brewster appeared around the corner. 布鲁斯特太太一出现在拐角处，孩子们立刻撒腿就跑。 He jumped off the train, took to his heels, and was quickly out of sight. 他跳下火车就飞跑起来，一转眼就不见了身影。break free/break away /ˌbreɪk ˈfriː, ˌbreɪk əˈweɪ/ [verb phrase]to escape from someone who is holding you 〔从抓住你的人手中〕逃脱，挣脱 She wanted to break away, but his grip was too strong. 她想挣脱，可是他抓得太紧了。 With a violent twist he broke free and ran out of the room. 他身体用力一扭，挣脱开来跑出了房间。break free/break away from Then Tammy broke free from Judd and ran for the door screaming. 后来塔米挣脱了贾德，尖叫着冲向门口。bail out /ˌbeɪl ˈaʊt/ [intransitive phrasal verb]to escape from an aircraft that is going to crash 〔从快要坠毁的飞机上〕跳伞逃脱 The pilot bailed out of the aircraft just in time and was only slightly injured. 飞行员及时跳伞逃出了飞机，只是受了一点轻伤。2 to escape from a prison or from where someone is keeping you 从监狱逃出或从被关押的地方逃走escape /ɪˈskeɪp/ [intransitive verb]toescape from a prison or from a place where someone is keeping you 逃离〔监狱或被关押之处〕 Guards have been ordered to shoot anyone trying to escape. 卫兵接到命令，逃跑者格杀勿论。escape from He escaped from prison in June, but was rearrested by police a month later. 他在6月越狱逃跑，但是一个月之后又被警方抓捕。escape into/through/out etc. Grant had escaped through a bathroom window while in police custody. 格兰特被警方拘留时从卫生间的窗户逃掉了。break out/get out /ˌbreɪk ˈaʊt, ˌget ˈaʊt/ [intransitive phrasal verb]to escape from a prison or from a building or room where you are being kept 〔从监狱或被关押之处〕逃脱 Some of the men were planning to break out. 其中有些人在计划出逃。 The doors and windows are all firmly locked - I don't know how we're going to get out. 门和窗都牢牢地锁住了—我不知道我们如何逃得出去。break out/get out of In 1998 the two men broke out of jail and murdered a police officer. 1998年，那两名男子越狱出逃，杀害了一名警察。 No one has ever managed to get out of this prison alive. 还没有人能活着逃出这座监狱。3 to succeed in escaping from someone who is chasing you 成功摆脱追赶你的人escape /ɪˈskeɪp/ [intransitive/transitive verb]to succeed in escaping from someone who is trying to catch you 逃跑；逃脱 It looks as if they've escaped. They're probably over the border by now. 看来他们已经逃掉了，现在很可能已过了边境。 So far the terrorists have managed to escape the police. 到目前为止，恐怖分子仍未被警方抓获。escape from He ducked down an alley to escape from the mob that was chasing him. 他闪进一条巷子，逃脱了正在追捕他的那群暴徒。escape into/across/over etc Criminals generally know their neighborhood well, so it's not difficult for them to escape into the back streets. 犯罪分子一般都对邻近地区很熟悉，所以逃进一些穷街陋巷并不难。get away /ˌget əˈweɪ/ [intransitive phrasal verb]to escape from someone who is chasing you, especially when there is no chance that you will be caught afterwards 逃脱，逃离〔尤指以后不会再被抓住〕 How could you let him get away! 你怎么能让他逃掉呢！ Police believe the gunmen got away in a white Ford pickup. 警方认为这些持枪歹徒是开着一辆白色的福特皮卡逃走的。get away from Follow that car and don't let it get away from you. 跟上那辆车，别让它跑了。get clean awayget away completely 逃得无影无踪 Detectives followed the man as far as the harbour, but then he jumped into a speedboat and got clean away. 侦探们跟踪那个男子到了港口，而他却突然跳上一艘快艇，逃得无影无踪。give somebody the slip /ˌgɪv somebody ðə ˈslɪp/ [verb phrase]informalto escape from someone who is chasing you by tricking them or doing something unexpected 【非正式】甩掉某人，摆脱某人的追逐 Watch him very carefully - he might try and give us the slip. 要密切注意他—他可能想甩掉我们。 I wanted to talk to her before she left the hotel, but she gave me the slip. 我想在她离开酒店之前和她谈谈，可她却躲开我溜走了。throw somebody off the scent /ˌθrəʊ somebody ɒf ðə ˈsent/ [verb phrase]to escape from someone who is chasing you or trying to find you by cleverly doing something that makes it impossible for them to know where you are 甩掉〔追捕或寻找你的人〕，摆脱某人的跟踪 He made the calls from different pay phones around the city to throw the police off the scent. 他使用市里不同的公用电话，使警察没法追踪。shake off /ˌʃeɪk ˈɒf/ [transitive phrasal verb]to escape from someone, especially someone who has been chasing you for a long time, for example by hiding or by going faster than them 摆脱，甩掉〔尤指追赶了你很长时间的人〕shake off somebody Mailer disappeared into a dark basement, hoping to shake off the gang. 梅勒躲进一个黑漆漆的地下室，希望能甩掉那伙人。shake somebody off You're going to have to drive faster if you want to shake them off. 你要甩掉他们就得开快些。make your getaway/make a getaway /ˌmeɪk jʊːʳ ˈgetəweɪ, ˌmeɪk ə ˈgetəweɪ/ [verb phrase]to successfully escape after a crime, leaving no signs to show where you are 〔犯案后不留痕迹地〕成功逃跑 Police have found the helicopters that the terrorists used to make their getaway. 警方已经找到恐怖分子逃跑使用的直升机。make a clean getawayto escape leaving no signs to show where you are 逃得无影无踪 The robbers hopped into a waiting car and made a clean getaway. 盗贼跳上一辆等候的汽车，逃得无影无踪。elude /ɪˈluːd/ [transitive verb]formalto cleverly avoid being found or caught by someone, especially for a long time 【正式】〔尤指长时间地〕躲避，逃避 Despite a $25,000 reward on his head, he continues to elude the authorities. 尽管当局悬赏25,000美元要把他缉拿归案，可他还是没有被抓住。elude capture Lt. Forney managed to elude capture by enemy forces for several weeks. 福尼上尉设法躲过敌军好几个星期的追捕。4 when someone escapes 某人逃走escape /ɪˈskeɪp/ [countable noun]when someone escapes from prison, from danger, or from someone who is chasing them 逃脱；逃跑 They had planned their escape very carefully. 他们为逃跑计划得非常周密。 ‘Tunnel to Tanto Grande’ is the story of a daring escape staged by political prisoners in Peru. 《通往大坦途的隧道》是讲秘鲁的政治犯所策划的大胆的逃亡计划。escape from Until his escape from the camps, he was beaten nearly every day by his captors. 他从营地出逃之前，几乎天天受到捉他进去的那些人的殴打。narrow escapewhen you only just escape from danger 死里逃生 It was a narrow escape - a couple of minutes later the whole place went up in flames. 那真是死里逃生——没几分钟整个地方就成了一片火海。breakoutalsojailbreakAmerican /ˈbreɪkaʊt, ˈdʒeɪlbreɪk/ [countable noun]an escape from a prison, especially one that involves several prisoners and is done using violence 越狱〔尤指数人一起使用暴力〕 Prison governors met today to discuss ways of preventing similar breakouts in the future. 监狱长今天聚在一起讨论如何防止今后再发生类似的越狱事件。 As many as 20 guards may have been involved in the jailbreak. 这次越狱事件可能涉及多达20名狱警。breakout from There was a mass breakout from a city center prison yesterday. 昨天市中心的一座监狱里发生了大规模越狱行动。5 someone who has escaped 逃走了的人escaped /ɪˈskeɪpt/ [adjective only before noun]use this to describe someone who hasescaped, especially from a prison 逃脱的，逃掉的〔尤指逃狱〕 Police are on the lookout for three escaped prisoners. 警方正在密切注意三名越狱潜逃的囚犯。 Sherwood, an escaped convict, hunted down his ex-girlfriend and killed her. 舍伍德，一名已经定罪的逃犯，追杀了他以前的女友。be on the loose/be at large /biː ɒn ðə ˈluːs, biː ət ˈlɑːʳdʒ/ [verb phrase]someone who ison the loose orat large has escaped from the police or from a prison and is likely to be dangerous 逍遥法外的；在逃的 There's a killer on the loose, and we've got to find him. 一名杀人凶手在逃，我们必须找到他。 Carillo's murderer remained at large yesterday as investigators continued their search. 昨天，杀害卡里洛的凶手仍然逍遥法外，而探员在继续搜捕。be on the run /biː ɒn ðə ˈrʌn/ [verb phrase]someone whois on the run is trying to hide or escape from someone who is chasing them, especially the police 在逃，在躲避〔尤指躲避警察〕 After the train robbery he spent three years on the run. 火车劫案发生以后，他潜逃了三年。be on the run from Dean was a drug addict who was constantly on the run from the police. 迪安是个吸毒者，经常在逃避警方的追缉。fugitive /ˈfjuːdʒɪtɪv, ˈfjuːdʒətɪv/ [countable noun]someone who has escaped from the police or from danger, who has to keep moving from one place to another so that they will not be caught 逃犯；逃亡者 Porter escaped in 1995 and remains a fugitive. 波特于1995年出逃，目前仍然在东躲西藏。fugitive from a fugitive from Stalin's oppressive regime 该政权统治下的逃亡者6 to escape from a difficult/embarrassing/boring situation 从困难/尴尬/无聊的情形中脱身escape/get away /ɪˈskeɪp, ˌget əˈweɪ/ [verb]to get out of a difficult, embarrassing, or boring situation 摆脱，脱身 He decided to tell me all about his trip to Majorca, and I just couldn't get away. 他硬是要跟我讲他去马略卡岛旅行的全部经过，我根本脱不了身。 Let's see if we can escape before the speeches start. 我们想想办法，看能不能在演讲开始之前溜出去。extricate yourself /ˈekstrɪkeɪt jɔːʳself, ˈekstrəkeɪt jɔːʳself/ [verb phrase]formalto escape from an embarrassing or difficult situation 【正式】脱身 Once they realized that I had been lying, it was almost impossible to extricate myself. 一旦他们意识到我在扯谎，我要想脱身几乎就不可能了。extricate yourself from At that time, the US was on the verge of extricating itself from the unpopular war. 那个时候，美国正要摆脱这场得不到支持的战争。talk your way out of /ˌtɔːk jɔːʳ weɪ ˈaʊt ɒv/ [verb phrase]to escape from an unpleasant or embarrassing situation by giving explanations, making excuses etc 通过解释摆脱；找借口摆脱 I don't know how she's going to talk her way out of this one. 我不知道这次她又会找什么借口来开脱。 Phil never does his homework, but he always manages to talk his way out of it. 菲尔从来不做家庭作业，但是他总能找到借口躲过去。7 unable to escape 无法逃脱can't escape/can't get out /ˌkɑːnt ɪˈskeɪp, ˌkɑːnt get ˈaʊtǁˌkænt-/ [verb phrase] I've locked all the doors and windows - he can't get out. 我已把所有的门窗都锁住了——他逃不掉的。 Two of the children couldn't escape, and died in the fire. 有两名儿童逃不出来，被火烧死。trapped /træpt/ [adjective]unable to escape from a dangerous place or an unpleasant situation 被困住的；陷于危险〔困境〕中 The miners have been trapped underground for three days. 矿工被困在地下已经三天了。 He was beginning to feel trapped in his job. 他开始觉得被工作缠住了。 The two trapped firefighters were rescued on the second day. 两名被困的消防队员第二天被营救了出来。be stuck /biː ˈstʌk/ [verb phrase]especially spokento be unable to escape from an unpleasant or boring situation 【尤口】无法摆脱〔令人不快或厌倦的情形〕be stuck in/with/here I don't want to be stuck in an office all my life. 我可不想一辈子都困在一个办公室里。 I'm tired of being stuck here with the kids all day. 我已厌了整天都被孩子缠住。be cooped up /biː ˌ kuːpt ˈʌp/ [verb phrase]informalto be unable to leave a place, so that you feel bored or very impatient 【非正式】被关住〔指令人感到无聊或失去耐心〕be cooped up in I didn't want to be cooped up in a small hotel room, while everyone else enjoyed the sea. 大家都出去享受大海，我可不想把自己关在宾馆的小房间里。be cooped up with I don't know how she survives being cooped up with three screaming kids all day! 她整天被三个乱喊乱叫的孩子缠住，我不知道她日子是怎么过的！there is no escape /ðeər ɪz ˌnəʊ ɪˈskeɪp/used to say that there does not seem to be any way of escaping from a dangerous or unpleasant place or situation 根本无法逃离〔危险或讨厌的地方或情形〕 Don't even try to get out of here - there's no escape. 别想从这里出去—根本逃不出去的。there is no escape from There seems to be no escape from the noise and confusion of city life. 城市生活喧嚣而纷乱，你好像无处可逃。be imprisoned /biː ɪmˈprɪzənd/ [verb phrase]to be unable to escape, or feel too frightened to escape, from the place where you are or from an unpleasant situation 被禁锢〔束缚〕 Some of these old people are imprisoned in their own homes by the threat of violence on the streets. 这些老人中，有的因为受到街头暴力的威胁就把自己关在家里，足不出户。be a prisoner /biː ə ˈprɪzənəʳ/ [verb phrase]to be unable to escape, for example from a place, an unpleasant situation, or your own thoughts and opinions, so that you feel you cannot do anything to change things 被囚禁；被困住；被限制住 The door was locked from the outside, and suddenly they realized they were prisoners. 门从外面锁上了，顿时他们意识到，自己被人囚禁了。be a prisoner of In some respects I'm a prisoner of my past - I don't feel I can just start over. 在有些方面，我犹如一个囚徒，被自己的过去牢牢困住——根本无法重新开始。