escape

Word family  noun escape escapism escapee escapologist adjective escaped inescapable escapist verb escape adverb inescapably

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++es·cape1 /ɪˈskeɪp/ ●●● S3 W2 verb  1  person/place 人/地点ESCAPE [intransitive] to leave a place when someone is trying to catch you or stop you, or when there is a dangerous situation 逃走，逃离 He broke down the locked door and escaped. 他砸开上锁的门，逃走了。escape from/through/over etc He escaped from prison in October. 他在10月份越狱逃跑了。escape to She escaped to Britain in 1938. 她于1938年逃到了英国。2  danger 危险ESCAPE [intransitive, transitive] to get away from a dangerous or bad situation 〔从危险或糟糕的处境中〕逃离，逃避，摆脱escape with He escaped with minor injuries. 他逃了出来，受了点轻伤。escape unhurt/unscathed/unharmed etc A boy escaped unhurt when the fire in his room exploded. 一名男孩在其房间失火引发爆炸时安然逃脱。 They went to the hills to escape the summer heat. 他们去山中避暑了。escape somebody’s clutches (=escape from someone) 摆脱某人的纠缠[控制] The youth was trying to escape the clutches of two drunken female companions. 那个小伙子试图摆脱两名醉酒女伴的纠缠。3  avoid 避免ESCAPE [intransitive, transitive] to avoid something bad or that you do not want to happen 避开，逃避 He narrowly escaped death in an avalanche. 他在一次雪崩中死里逃生。 The two passengers escaped serious injury. 那两名乘客逃过一劫，未受重伤。 They must not be allowed to escape justice. 决不能让他们逃脱法律的制裁。 It seemed impossible he would escape detection. 他似乎不可能不被发现。4  gas/liquid etc 气体/液体等POUR [intransitive] if gas, liquid, light, heat etc escapes from somewhere, it comes out 〔气体、液体、光、热等〕泄漏，逸出 Vents allow any steam to escape if the system overheats. 如果系统过热，排放口可使蒸汽逸出。5  sound 声音SOUND [intransitive, transitive] literary if a sound escapes from someone, they accidentally make that sound (由…)不自觉地发出 A small laugh escaped her. 她不由得轻声笑了出来。escape from Holman let a weary sigh escape from his lips. 霍尔曼不由得疲惫地叹了口气。6. escape somebody’s attention/notice if something escapes your attention or notice, you do not see it or realize that it is there 逃过某人的注意；被某人忽视7  the name/date/title etc escapes somebody used to say that someone cannot remember something 某人记不起某个名字/日期/名称等 For some reason which escapes me, we had to take a taxi. 忘记是为什么了，我们只好坐了出租车。8  there’s no escaping (the fact) used to emphasize that something is definitely important or will definitely happen 不可否认的是；毫无疑问 There’s no escaping the fact that work has profound effects on emotions and health. 毫无疑问，工作会对情绪和健康产生极大的影响。n COLLOCATIONS – Meanings 1,2 & 3verbstry/attempt to escapeSome prisoners tried to escape, but most were recaptured or shot.nounsescape injury (=not be hurt)Both drivers were lucky to escape serious injury.escape justice (=not be caught and punished)These terrorists must not be allowed to escape justice.escape detection (=not be noticed)Some insects manage to escape detection by merging with the background.escape somebody’s clutches (=escape and not be caught be someone)He managed to escape the men’s clutches and run off.phrasesnarrowly escape something (=only just avoid having something bad happen to you)The firemen narrowly escaped being killed by the explosion.escape with your life (=escape and not be killed)When the tunnel collapsed, the men were lucky to escape with their lives.escape unharmed/unscathed/unhurtTwo policemen were killed, but the president escaped unharmed.escape aliveThe crew of the sinking vessel were lucky to escape alive. THESAURUSescape to leave a place when someone is trying to catch you or stop you, or when there is a dangerous situation 逃走，逃离The thief escaped through an upstairs window. 窃贼从楼上的一扇窗户逃走了。She managed to escape from her attacker and call the police. 她设法逃离袭击者并报了警。get away to escape from someone who is chasing you, especially when there is no chance that you will be caught. Get away is more informal than escape 逃脱，摆脱〔追捕者，尤用于不可能被抓住时；get away不如escape正式〕The robbers got away but left plenty of clues at the scene. 劫匪逃走了，却在现场留下许多线索。Don’t let him get away! 别让他跑了！break free/break away to escape from someone who is holding you 逃脱，挣脱〔抓着自己的人〕She broke free and started running. 她挣脱开后撒腿就跑。flee written to leave somewhere very quickly in order to escape from danger 〔为避开危险而〕迅速离开，逃走Many people were forced to flee the country. 许多人被迫逃离这个国家。The two men fled before police arrived. 那两名男子在警察赶到之前逃走了。get out to escape from a building or room 〔从建筑物或房间里〕逃出去I was locked in the room and couldn’t get out. 我被锁在房间里，逃不出去。break out to escape from prison 越狱The jail is so secure that no one has ever broken out of it. 这所监狱戒备森严，从未有人越狱成功。abscond formal to escape from a prison or institution where you are supposed to stay 〔从监狱或应留守的机构中〕逃走Three prisoners who absconded have still not been found. 三名越狱的犯人依然下落不明。He absconded from a psychiatric hospital. 他从精神病院逃跑了。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

escape• Police surrounded the building, but somehow the gunman managed to escape.• There was no possible way to escape.• Guards have been ordered to shoot anyone trying to escape.• Lots of computer-generated technical dazzle in this fantasy about jungle animals escaping a supernatural board game and terrorizing a New Hampshire town.• Weldon Flaharty, said in a recent interview that he inexplicably escaped administrative punishment, which could have shortened his career.• Only four people managed to escape before the roof collapsed.• Hare escaped death by testifying against his partner, who was later hanged.• Josie managed to escape from her attacker and call the police.• He was one of nine men who escaped from prison in July.• He escaped from prison in June, but was rearrested by police a month later.• A cloud of poisonous gas escaped from the chemical plant.• He ducked down an alley to escape from the mob that was chasing him.• Criminals generally know their neighborhood well, so it's not difficult for them to escape into the back streets.• He has escaped lightly from other brushes with the law, and from politically incorrect condemnations of homosexuality, feminism and contraception.• I know I've heard this song before but its name escapes me.• Although I know that the novel was published in the nineteenth century, the actual date escapes me.• Some people were able to escape over the border into Tanzania.• Knowingly or not, others have narrowly escaped Pottker.• Many young offenders escape punishment completely.• And suddenly she couldn't escape quickly enough.• I could see no way of escaping the boredom of the small-town social scene.• So far the terrorists have managed to escape the police.• But it means retailers' profit margins escape the tax net.• People are willing to pay $10 for a movie ticket to escape their problems.• It looks as if they've escaped. They're probably over the border by now.• Grant had escaped through a bathroom window while in police custody.• Four prisoners escaped through a hole in the fence.• Gerhard Berger escaped unhurt from a high-speed collision with Ferrari team-mate Jean Alesi.escape from/through/over etc• Wild phlox, long escaped from neat gardens, perfumed every roadside.• Had they all in fact something to escape from, perhaps something they didn't even acknowledge to themselves?• Females often try to escape from the alpha male's vigilance, and will go up to the beta male and solicit copulation.• Their representatives are helping thousands of orphaned children and displaced families escape from the tyranny of civil war.• For many people the only possible escape from their permanent state of poverty and malnourishment is to emigrate.escape unhurt/unscathed/unharmed etc• Her two-week-old baby Harriet escaped unscathed.• They were lucky to escape unharmed.• Kettlewell and Taylor escaped unhurt after the accident outside Middleham on the way to the races.• Two women in the car escaped unhurt, but the home owner says he's lucky to be alive.• Gerhard Berger escaped unhurt from a high-speed collision with Ferrari team-mate Jean Alesi.• Fire escape: A man escaped unhurt from an early morning blaze in Bromborough.• The only department which explicitly escapes unscathed is the one which Conservatives would most like to abolish: the Department of Energy.• Joseph Aspinall, five, escaped unhurt when the fireplace exploded in his room at Bispham, Lancs, yesterday.narrowly escaped• For a moment Trent and Mariana were held immobile, stunned by the incredible power from which they had so narrowly escaped.• Looking to her heart, she sees the chasm left by a death she narrowly escaped.• With Emma he had played with fire and narrowly escaped burning.• During the war he narrowly escaped death dozens of times.• His three year-old daughter Jade narrowly escaped death when bullets were fired through the front door.• Read in studio A baby boy narrowly escaped death when his pram was crushed between a car and a garden wall.• In both cases, the journalists narrowly escaped injury but the houses from which they had been transmitting were devastated.• Knowingly or not, others have narrowly escaped Pottker.escape2 ●●○ S3 noun  1  ESCAPE[countable, uncountable] the act of getting away from a place, or a dangerous or bad situation 逃离，逃脱 The girl had no chance of escape. 那女孩没有机会逃跑。 Christina hoped it wouldn’t be too long before she could make her escape. 克里斯蒂娜希望她很快就能逃脱。escape from the firm’s narrow escape from bankruptcy 该公司险些破产 an escape route 逃跑的路线 They had a lucky escape (=were lucky not to be hurt or killed) when a car crashed into the front of their house. 一辆汽车迎面撞上了他们的房子，他们没有受伤真是幸运。2  ESCAPE[singular, uncountable] a way of forgetting about a bad or boring situation for a short time 逃避(现实)；暂时解脱escape from Travel can be an escape from the routine drudgery of life. 旅行可让人暂时从乏味的日常生活中解脱出来。3  POUR[countable, uncountable] an amount of gas, liquid etc that accidentally comes out of the place where it is being kept, or an occasion when this happens 〔气体、液体等的〕泄漏 The lid prevents the escape of poisonous gases. 这盖子可以防止毒气泄漏。 → fire escapen COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 1: the act of getting away from a place, or a dangerous or bad situationverbsplan an escapeWe planned our escape carefully and waited for just the right moment.prevent an escape (also foil an escape formal) (=stop an escape)Walker grabbed her firmly by the wrist, preventing any chance of escape.make your escape formal (=to escape)I had to make my escape before the guards returned.escape + NOUNan escape attempt/bidShe made several unsuccessful escape attempts before finally getting away.an escape planYou should have an escape plan in the event of a fire.an escape routeAll their escape routes had been blocked.phraseshave a narrow escape (=to only just avoid danger or difficulties)The team had a narrow escape from relegation last season.have a lucky escapeWe had a lucky escape when a tree crashed through the ceiling.have a miraculous escape (=be extremely lucky to escape)Ellie had miraculous escape after a firework exploded in her hand.a means of escape (=a way of escaping)She searched in vain for a means of escape.a chance/hope/possibility of escapeThe river offered our only hope of escape.make good your escape literary (=to succeed in escaping)Dillinger handcuffed the deputy to the desk and made good his escape.n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 2: a way of forgetting about a bad or boring situation for a short timephrasesa means of escape (=a way of forgetting about a bad situation)Drugs and alcohol are their only means of escape.somebody’s escape route from something (=someone’s only chance of getting away from a bad situation)Bankruptcy offered his only escape route from mounting debt.

Examples from the Corpus

escape• McClellan considered Malvern Hill not so much a victory as another escape from disaster.• Some parts of the Bill are relevant to an attempted escape.• "Tunnel to Tanto Grande" the story of a daring escape staged by political prisoners in Peru.• Salim makes good his escape on the steamer - bound, we take it, for his bride.• Until his escape from the camps, he was beaten nearly everyday by his captors.• This gives the bird only about 10 seconds to make its escape from a wide bodied Boeing 747.• The fireman said they'd had a very lucky escape.• It was a narrow escape - a couple of minutes later the whole place went up in flames.• There is no escape from the physical nor is there any escape from the mind.• There is no escape from the difficulties of growing up.• Books are a good form of escape.• Visitors who come with only escape on their minds usually leave with a Chan Chich bird list.• Methane blocks the escape of heat from the atmosphere.• Most of the money was spent within a month of the escape.• The gang had planned their escape thoroughly.• They had planned their escape very carefully.make ... escape• I did make my escape from Roundhay - by a route taken by many of my contemporaries: higher education.• By the time they had sorted out the confusion and given chase, the woman had made good her escape.• But Solomon sat tight in his rain barrel, and after the cossacks had left empty-handed, he made his escape.• Salim makes good his escape on the steamer - bound, we take it, for his bride.• At all events the pursuit came to a sudden halt and Henry was able to make good his escape in peace.• I decided to make my escape as soon as I could.Origin escape1 (1200-1300) Old North French escaper, from Vulgar Latin excappare, from Late Latin cappa “head-covering”; from the idea of throwing off something that limits your movement

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es‧cape¹ S3 W2 /ɪˈskeɪp/ verb1.  PERSON/PLACE  [intransitive] to leave a place when someone is trying to catch you or stop you, or when there is a dangerous situation:
    He broke down the locked door and escaped.
    escape from/through/over etc
    He escaped from prison in October.
    escape to
    She escaped to Britain in 1938.
2.  DANGER  [intransitive and transitive] to get away from a dangerous or bad situation
    escape with
    He escaped with minor injuries.
    escape unhurt/unscathed/unharmed etc
    A boy escaped unhurt when the fire in his room exploded.
    They went to the hills to escape the summer heat.
    escape sb’s clutches (=escape from someone)
    The youth was trying to escape the clutches of two drunken female companions.
3.  AVOID  [intransitive and transitive] to avoid something bad or that you do not want to happen:
    He narrowly escaped death in an avalanche.
    The two passengers escaped serious injury.
    They must not be allowed to escape justice.
    It seemed impossible he would escape detection.
4.  GAS/LIQUID ETC  [intransitive] if gas, liquid, light, heat etc escapes from somewhere, it comes out:
    Vents allow any steam to escape if the system overheats.
5.  SOUND  [intransitive and transitive] literary if a sound escapes from someone, they accidentally make that sound:
    A small laugh escaped her.
    escape from
    Holman let a weary sigh escape from his lips.
6. escape sb’s attention/notice if something escapes your attention or notice, you do not see it or realize that it is there
7. the name/date/title etc escapes somebody used to say that someone cannot remember something:
    For some reason which escapes me, we had to take a taxi.
8. there’s no escaping (the fact) used to emphasize that something is definitely important or will definitely happen:
    There’s no escaping the fact that work has profound effects on emotions and health.
     

COLLOCATIONS

(for Meanings 1,2&3)

■ verbs
   ▪ try/attempt to escape Some prisoners tried to escape, but most were recaptured or shot.
■ nouns
   ▪ escape injury (=not be hurt) Both drivers were lucky to escape serious injury.
   ▪ escape justice (=not be caught and punished) These terrorists must not be allowed to escape justice.
   ▪ escape detection (=not be noticed) Some insects manage to escape detection by merging with the background.
   ▪ escape sb’s clutches (=escape and not be caught be someone) He managed to escape the men’s clutches and run off.
■ phrases
   ▪ narrowly escape something (=only just avoid having something bad happen to you) The firemen narrowly escaped being killed by the explosion.
   ▪ escape with your life (=escape and not be killed) When the tunnel collapsed, the men were lucky to escape with their lives.
   ▪ escape unharmed/unscathed/unhurt Two policemen were killed, but the president escaped unharmed.
   ▪ escape alive The crew of the sinking vessel were lucky to escape alive.
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ escape to leave a place when someone is trying to catch you or stop you, or when there is a dangerous situation: The thief escaped through an upstairs window. | She managed to escape from her attacker and call the police.
   ▪ get away to escape from someone who is chasing you, especially when there is no chance that you will be caught. Get away is more informal than escape: The robbers got away but left plenty of clues at the scene. | Don’t let him get away!
   ▪ break free/break away to escape from someone who is holding you: She broke free and started running.
   ▪ flee written to leave somewhere very quickly in order to escape from danger: Many people were forced to flee the country. | The two men fled before police arrived.
   ▪ get out to escape from a building or room: I was locked in the room and couldn’t get out.
   ▪ break out to escape from prison: The jail is so secure that no one has ever broken out of it.
   ▪ abscond formal to escape from a prison or institution where you are supposed to stay: Three prisoners who absconded have still not been found. | He absconded from a psychiatric hospital.

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escape² S3 noun1. [uncountable and countable] the act of getting away from a place, or a dangerous or bad situation:
    The girl had no chance of escape.
    Christina hoped it wouldn’t be too long before she could make her escape.
    escape from
    the firm’s narrow escape from bankruptcy
    an escape route
    They had a lucky escape (=were lucky not to be hurt or killed) when a car crashed into the front of their house.
2. [singular, uncountable] a way of forgetting about a bad or boring situation for a short time
    escape from
    Travel can be an escape from the routine drudgery of life.
3. [uncountable and countable] an amount of gas, liquid etc that accidentally comes out of the place where it is being kept, or an occasion when this happens:
    The lid prevents the escape of poisonous gases.
⇨ fire escape
     

COLLOCATIONS

(for Meaning 1)

■ verbs
   ▪ plan an escape We planned our escape carefully and waited for just the right moment.
   ▪ prevent an escape (also foil an escape formal) (=stop an escape) Walker grabbed her firmly by the wrist, preventing any chance of escape.
   ▪ make your escape formal (=to escape) I had to make my escape before the guards returned.
■ escape + NOUN
   ▪ an escape attempt/bid She made several unsuccessful escape attempts before finally getting away.
   ▪ an escape plan You should have an escape plan in the event of a fire.
   ▪ an escape route All their escape routes had been blocked.
■ phrases
   ▪ have a narrow escape (=to only just avoid danger or difficulties) The team had a narrow escape from relegation last season.
   ▪ have a lucky escape We had a lucky escape when a tree crashed through the ceiling.
   ▪ have a miraculous escape (=be extremely lucky to escape) Ellie had miraculous escape after a firework exploded in her hand.
   ▪ a means of escape (=a way of escaping) She searched in vain for a means of escape.
   ▪ a chance/hope/possibility of escape The river offered our only hope of escape.
   ▪ make good your escape literary (=to succeed in escaping) Dillinger handcuffed the deputy to the desk and made good his escape.
     

COLLOCATIONS

(for Meaning 2)

■ phrases
   ▪ a means of escape (=a way of forgetting about a bad situation) Drugs and alcohol are their only means of escape.
   ▪ sb’s escape route from something (=someone’s only chance of getting away from a bad situation) Bankruptcy offered his only escape route from mounting debt.