abscond
/əbˈskɒnd/verb
no obj.
1- leave hurriedly and secretly, typically to avoid detection of or arrest for an unlawful action such as theft潜逃:
the barman absconded with a week's takings.
那酒吧男招待带着一周的营业款潜逃了。
1.1
- (of a person on bail) fail to surrender oneself for custody at the appointed time(保释人员)潜逃, 过时不归。
1.2
- (of a person kept in detention or under supervision) escape(在拘或在押人员)逃跑:
176 detainees absconded.
176名在押人员逃跑了。
1.3
- (of a colony of honeybees, especially Africanized ones) entirely abandon a hive or nest(一窝蜜蜂, 尤指非洲蜂)集体弃巢。
派生词
absconder
noun词源
mid 16th cent. (in the sense 'hide, conceal (oneself)'): from Latin abscondere 'hide', from ab- 'away, from' + condere 'stow'.