fugitive

英['fjuːdʒɪtɪv] 美['fjudʒətɪv]

反义词

复数: fugitives;

1. refugee/refuge => fugitive.

fugitive 逃跑的，逃避的

来自拉丁语fuga, 逃跑，飞走，来自PIE*bheug, 逃跑，词源同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).

3. The police were able to deduce where the fugitive was hiding.: 警方成功地推断出那逃亡者躲藏的地方.

5. The journalist is concerned only with the fugitive moment.: 这位新闻工作者所关心的只是一霎那的时刻.