| 单词 | escape |
| 释义 | escape (ɪskeɪp ) Word forms: escapes , escaping , escaped 1. verb [no passive] B1 If you escape from a place, you succeed in getting away from it. A prisoner has escaped from a jail in northern England. [VERB + from] They are reported to have escaped to the other side of the border. [VERB + to] He was fatally wounded as he tried to escape. [VERB] Synonyms: get away, flee, take off, fly escaped adjective B2 Officers mistook Stephen for an escaped prisoner. 2. countable noun [usually poss NOUN] B2 Someone's escape is the act of escaping from a particular place or situation. The man made his escape. 3. verb B2 You can say that you escape when you survive something such as an accident. The two officers were extremely lucky to escape serious injury. [VERB noun] The man's girlfriend managed to escape unhurt. [VERB adjective] He narrowly escaped with his life when he was attacked by a bear. [VERB preposition] Synonyms: avoid, miss, evade, dodge Escape is also a noun. I hear you had a very narrow escape on the bridge. 4. countable noun [usually singular] B2 If something is an escape, it is a way of avoiding difficulties or responsibilities. But for me television is an escape. ...an escape from the depressing realities of wartime. [+ from] Synonyms: relaxation, relief, recreation, distraction 5. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] You can use escape to describe things which allow you to avoid difficulties or problems. For example, an escape route is an activity or opportunity that lets you improve your situation. An escape clause is part of an agreement that allows you to avoid having to do something that you do not want to do. We all need the occasional escape route from the boring, routine aspects of our lives. [+ from] This is a wonderful escape clause for dishonest employers everywhere. [+ for] 6. verb If something escapes you or escapes your attention, you do not know about it, do not remember it, or do not notice it. It was an actor whose name escapes me for the moment. [VERB noun] Synonyms: be forgotten by, be beyond (someone), baffle, elude 7. verb B2 When gas, liquid, or heat escapes, it comes out from a pipe, container, or place. Leave a vent open to let some moist air escape. [VERB] Synonyms: leak out, flow out, drain away, discharge 8. See also fire escape Collocations: escape a fate Western policy now offers an opportunity to escape that fate. Times, Sunday Times Fortunately the quality of the thespians involved means some escape this fate. Times, Sunday Times So how did he escape that fate? Times, Sunday Times Soma manages to escape his fate of becoming the new dark lord with the help of his allies. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Yet they still can not escape the fate of no-brand (or fake brand), not-for-sale in top department stores with non-shanzhai phones. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Those who breach their 'let-off' deal often escape the jail sentence they should get. The Sun He was lucky to escape a jail sentence and was eventually fined millions of euros. ST Those deemed more likely to reoffend could expect stiffer sentences while those predicted to live blameless lives could hope to escape a jail sentence altogether. Times, Sunday Times Then one day, they escape the jail by overpowering the guards. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A solicitor has escaped a jail sentence despite his involvement in a property tax con. Times, Sunday Times It features a group of monks, one of whom ran away to the monastery to escape a prison sentence for benefit fraud. Times, Sunday Times In 1971, before the release of a court ruling, he tried to escape the prison with his comrades. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Although feigning a loss of contact with reality, he concocts a plan to escape the prison. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 By marrying him, she could escape the prison of her uncle's house. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Nova encounters him when he tries to escape his prison. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Costly fees are even levied by power companies to replace pre-payment meters with standard ones, making it even harder to escape the trap. The Sun For the most part, the authors of the first book-length treatments of his ascent to the presidency do not escape this trap. The Times Literary Supplement To escape the trap of big business involvement in music, he began recording albums using a three-track studio he converted from a chicken shack. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He wins the fight and escapes the trap. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Eventually, she realizes the truth and escapes the trap. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He managed to get up but was lucky to escape injury. The Sun One doorman was lucky to escape injury after acid burned a hole through his jacket to his skin. The Sun People will be able to leave only for outdoor exercise and recreation, medical appointments or to escape injury or harm. The Sun They fall into a trap and almost escape injury. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was credited with helping 40 people escape injury. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There are lots of cool things you can do with claws a foot and a half long, including slicing up a metal fire escape ladder from underneath a target. The Sun His escape ladder lands him safely on the ground; however, he slips on an old spaghetti (which he threw beforehand) and lurches. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the 6th competition, she timed out just as she reached the escape ladder. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They make carbon monoxide detectors, smoke alarms, fire extinguishers, and other safety products like flashlights and fire escape ladders. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Under these facts it would be greatly unjust and unfair to allow [the insurer] to escape liability upon the unasserted lack of notice. Christianity Today Others may escape liability because the quality of their actions satisfied a general public good. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The judge said people should not be allowed to escape liability as a result of a belief in witchcraft and the occult. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If officials of the court act beyond their jurisdiction, their actions are unlawful, but they may escape liability if they genuinely believe that they are acting lawfully. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Although the degree of burn was of higher category, the respondent can not escape liability by pressing the argument that the injury resulted was of a higher degree. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The magpies are all over the place: they are regarded as good luck, and so they escape persecution and stir-fries. Times, Sunday Times She was then forced to leave her job and go underground to escape persecution, leaving home with nothing but the clothes she was wearing. Times, Sunday Times He attempted to escape persecution, and ended up scarring his face for life, as he put it. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It permitted the worship of idols to escape persecution, provided the act was merely an external one, disavowed in the heart. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The country has a long history of offering shelter to people escaping persecution. Times, Sunday Times This escape pod contributes significantly to marital bliss. Times, Sunday Times Because of its unique design, the project comes under the same regulations as fairground attractions, so the architects were obliged to include an escape pod. Times, Sunday Times Or do you want to go the whole hog and buy a personal escape pod with room enough only for you, a couple of books and a sleeping bag? Times, Sunday Times He even turned up at the caves in person with what he called a 'mini-submarine' - a kind of rigid escape pod made out of rocket parts. Times, Sunday Times She fell back into an escape pod, which then launched as she was struggling to stop the acid from burning her. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Asked why it had allowed the passenger to escape prosecution, the train company said all passengers had the option of settling out of court. Times, Sunday Times Only through the good offices of powerful friends at court did he escape prosecution. Christianity Today For the first time, six out of ten say they would back trials in which users escape prosecution — but get better medical treatment. The Sun On motorways, drivers will be able to drive at 86mph and escape prosecution, subject to police discretion. Times, Sunday Times Part of his motivation could well be to escape prosecution. Times, Sunday Times So it's not quite true to say that the guilty men, the people who ruined our economy, always escape punishment. The Sun The council plan has proved controversial with opposition politicians who claim that it allows criminals to escape punishment. Times, Sunday Times Separate figures showed that scores of officers facing misconduct allegations were being allowed to escape punishment by quitting. Times, Sunday Times He alleged that students had escaped punishment by lying in their testimony. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At the time, applicable jurisdiction was unclear, so offenders often escaped punishment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 By having alcohol they feel they can escape reality. The Sun He warned people not to escape reality by living in a virtual world. The Sun Many return year after year, stuck in a damaging cycle as they bid to escape reality. The Sun Sharing the live music energy and atmosphere and giving people a chance to escape reality and express themselves. The Sun To escape reality or to reshape it? Christianity Today What kind of subterfuge allowed him to escape scrutiny? Times, Sunday Times From rigged sewage pipe contracts to haute couture handbag cartels, 'nothing will escape scrutiny and nothing will be off-limits'. Times, Sunday Times Captains of industry, chief executives and consultants do not escape scrutiny. Times, Sunday Times We can't expect to escape scrutiny either. Times, Sunday Times Raising the prosecution threshold means 'that thousands of criminal suspects with a case to answer would escape scrutiny'. Times, Sunday Times In the warmth of the butterfly house you can escape the cold weather among blue morphos, giant owls, glasswings, swallowtails and the atlas moth. Times, Sunday Times Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to note that nothing seems to escape the cold grip of inflation. Times, Sunday Times It likes dark, warm buildings to escape the cold — and numbers here have surged to up to 10million. The Sun Want to escape the cold, damp weather? The Sun She joined the gym in her university to keep fit and to escape the cold of her hostel room. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Beginning to understand her passion to escape the confines of her cloistered life, he offers to teach her how to ride. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They would escape the confines of the city by rambling about in the countryside. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Instead, paradox enables poetry to escape the confines of logical and scientific language. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some post-leftists seek to escape the confines of ideology in general also presenting a critique of organizations and morality. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Post-left anarchy offers critiques of radical strategies and tactics which it considers antiquated: the demonstration, class-oriented struggle, focus on tradition, and the inability to escape the confines of history. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 To escape the crowds on the coast, you can head inland to check out the national parks. The Sun But, for 25, grown-ups can escape the crowds. The Sun Together they could escape the crowds and the media. Times,Sunday Times So where better to escape the crowds than in an airport lounge? Times, Sunday Times We escape the crowds in the afternoon on a fast and fun boat tour. Times, Sunday Times Aid agencies have been forced to withdraw to escape the fighting. Times, Sunday Times Many fans tried to escape the fighting, and a wall collapsed on them. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They escaped the fighting and sought shelter in the surrounding hills. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the beginning, it was mainly students and young people escaping the fighting. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Once aboard, you can relax on the sun deck or escape the heat with a cooling dip in the ship's pool. The Sun To escape the heat, there are plenty of big, shady parks, cafe-lined plazas and cool riverfront restaurants. Times,Sunday Times Many people leave to escape the heat, but others prefer to stay. Times, Sunday Times Ways to escape the heat yesterday included taking a dip or sheltering under brollies. The Sun About 15,000 villagers fled, jumping in rivers to escape the heat, running down the volcano or climbing on to lorries. Times, Sunday Times They never did escape that shadow. Times, Sunday Times Hold on, and escape their shadow. Times, Sunday Times Neither can escape his shadow, even now. Times, Sunday Times Plant explains the sheer effort involved in escaping the shadow of what was indisputably the biggest group in the world. Times, Sunday Times It would seem to be the final proof that the republic's film industry has escaped the shadow of the past. Times, Sunday Times What do we most want though, we who buy the odd theatre ticket to escape the tyranny of screens? Times, Sunday Times He has opened the market to the ordinary investor and given small and medium companies the chance to escape the tyranny of city centre costs and parking problems. Times, Sunday Times Now that it's been recognised as an official condition, perhaps nomophobes everywhere will seek treatment and finally find the courage to escape the tyranny of their dependency. The Sun Both establishments escape the tyranny of the traditional curry. Outlook India He has always given the impression of a man who has escaped the tyranny of abstract thought. Times, Sunday Times It centres on two cave-dwellers who fall in love and flee their homes to escape the wrath of their tribal chiefs. The Sun In one such instance, a man selling twenty 2s tickets at 10s each required the assistance of five police officers to escape the wrath of the crowd. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 While the lemurs escaped the wrath of their fellow primates, they fared less well when humans arrived on the island 2,000 years ago, destroying at least 15 species. Times, Sunday Times Within the temple, enclosed behind some chicken wire, are two light-blue flames coming out of the ground - fissures in the earth where sulphurous gas escapes to the surface. Times, Sunday Times When a pipeline wall breakdown occurs, fluid or gas escapes in the form of a high velocity jet. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For smaller attitude control thrusters, a compressed gas escapes the spacecraft through a propelling nozzle. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Eventually the gas escapes through a ceramic plug, and this permits mercury to fill the thimble. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The gas escapes into the atmosphere, the oxygenated water flows back through the downstream pipe. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They face another two to four months in isolation as engineers drill a narrow escape shaft in one of the world's most challenging rescue operations. The Sun (2010) They have been urged to try to keep slim enough to be lifted through a narrow escape shaft which is being drilled. The Sun (2010) A truck has a narrow escape in a computer reconstruction of an accident on the ice road. Times, Sunday Times (2007) These no-frills schools offer an escape from failing state options, but not the rounded prep or public school experience. Times, Sunday Times This was also a castle, but the drawbridge over the moat appeared to offer an escape route. Times, Sunday Times They are supposed to offer an escape from the stresses and strains. Times, Sunday Times The best new fairytale novels don't offer an escape, but a separate imaginative space in which protagonists - and perhaps readers - can confront problems and find solutions. Times, Sunday Times If you are bored by the job that got you into your profession, management can offer an escape. Times, Sunday Times They learnt to live under the order of a drill sergeant - and the only escape was by failing the medical test. Times, Sunday Times As in most impoverished nations, education was their only escape from poverty, even starvation. The Sun How to put pain into song would be her route to not only escape, but survive. Times, Sunday Times The only escape route was down the corridor to starboard, but this was now deeply flooded. Times, Sunday Times It may be their only escape from the purge that's coming. The Sun He tweeted his anger from within the cell and even started a hashtag to plot his escape. The Sun The pals plot their escape - but soon find themselves in even more trouble. The Sun It used to be considered the duty of any self-respecting prison inmate to plot his escape. Times, Sunday Times And you don't have to plot an escape route if the car in front of you hits the anchors because cross-drilled ventilated disc brakes quickly scrub off speed. Times, Sunday Times Knowing that, instead of plotting an escape from those tedious encounters, focus on learning as much as you can from them. Times, Sunday Times Backstreet garages and some larger dealers are offering to remove the filter systems that prevent the escape of invisible diesel particles into the air. Times, Sunday Times He has been known to bring it up in the car, locking the door to prevent my escape. Times, Sunday Times Some of these, sold at half-a-crown, were quite elaborate, and it was necessary to keep a firm hold of a cord to prevent their escape into the air. Times,Sunday Times The police operation to prevent his escape has cost more than 13 million. Times, Sunday Times Laws, regulations, and treaties were created in the years following to contain genetically modified organisms and prevent their escape. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Often, the firefrogs are so nice, they let their prisoners escape. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When the prisoners escape, he must stop them from taking over the space station. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These prisoners escape and show up at a party. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When the guard opens the door to investigate, the prisoners escape. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The prisoners escape with the joke on a small plane. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Many users seek an escape or a comfort zone in entering these virtual worlds, as well as a sense of acceptance and freedom. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She later studied to become a physiotherapist and then - still seeking an escape - joined the army. Times,Sunday Times Those seeking an escape to the sun found the snow had also thwarted them. Times, Sunday Times They roast and colour in an instant — when he takes them out, hot fragrant steam escapes from them in wisps. Times, Sunday Times Cover the dish with foil to ensure no steam escapes, position the lid and stand on a small roasting tin (in case of overspill). Times, Sunday Times Once the steam escapes, roof flues can be closed and heat will circulate the room before escaping from floor vents. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Nothing to do with religion, but it's the ultimate refuge, the ultimate escape. Times, Sunday Times There's gold there - the ultimate escape from the pinch of life - and there's fantasy, too. Times, Sunday Times Meet the ultimate escape fantasy which conveys the thrill and fear of being a minor loose in the big city. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 逃跑, 逃避 Japanese: 逃亡, 逃げる |
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