runaway
US /ˈrʌn.ə.weɪ/
UK /ˈrʌn.ə.weɪ/
名詞
離家出走者, 逃亡者
a person who has run away, especially from home or an institution
範例:
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The police are searching for a teenage runaway.
警方正在搜尋一名青少年離家出走者。
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She was a runaway from an abusive home.
她是一個從虐待家庭中逃跑的人。
形容詞
1.
離家出走, 脫韁的
(of a person or animal) having run away or escaped
範例:
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The police found the runaway child hiding in a park.
警方在公園裡找到了離家出走的孩子。
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A runaway horse caused chaos in the streets.
一匹脫韁的馬在街上引起了混亂。
2.
失控的, 無法控制的
(of a process or situation) out of control; uncontrolled
範例:
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The company experienced runaway inflation.
該公司經歷了失控的通貨膨脹。
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The project suffered from runaway costs.
該項目因失控的成本而受損。