absconder

读音

• /æbˈskɑn.dɚ/ US
• /æbˈzkɑn.dɚ/ US
• /æbˈskɒn.dɚ/ Received-Pronunciation

释义

1. 潛逃者，逃亡者

   […] unless such an Act of Grace do reach insolvent Absconders, who to shun the Cruelty of their severe Creditors confine themselves out of their Reach, ’tis humbly conceived, ’twill be but half an Act of Grace.

   1696, Considerations upon the Bill for the Relief of Poor Prisoners,:

   What else could it all mean but that Mr. Robert Weymouth was an absconder—was about to fly with the bank’s remaining funds […]

   除了羅伯特·韋茅斯先生是一名潛逃者之外，這一切還能意味著什麼——即將帶著銀行剩餘的資金逃走 […]

   1909，O. Henry，「The Guardian of the Accolade」，收錄於Roads of Destiny，Doubleday Page，33頁：

   Steve and I sneaked immediately, like beaten curs, like cowards, like absconders from justice.

   史蒂夫和我立刻偷偷溜走，像被打敗的野狗，像膽小鬼，像逃避正義的潛逃者。

   1910，Jack London，「That Spot」，收錄於Lost Face，New York：Macmillan，112頁：

   He smiled at the view over the hedge, at the other front gardens, at the approaching Rover and then its driver, squinting in a rictus of his own against the evening sun, and making Paul feel again like an intruder, or now perhaps an absconder.

   他微笑著看著樹籬上的景色，看著前面的另一個花園，看著駛來的荒原路華，然後是它的司機，在傍晚的陽光下瞇著眼睛，讓保羅再次感覺自己像一個入侵者，或者現在可能是個潛逃者。

   2011，Alan Hollinghurst，The Stranger’s Child，Knopf Canada，「Part Three, Chapter 1」：