decamp

IPA/dɪˈkæmp/
KK[dəkˈæmp]IPA/dɪˈkæmp/

decamp — 動詞

  • decamppresent simple I / you / we / they
  • decampshe / she / it
  • decampedpast simple
  • decamping-ing form

1. to make a sudden secret departure from somewhere, often to avoid trouble or beca

1.動詞不及物B2
釋義

潛逃

突然秘密離開某地

to make a sudden secret departure from somewhere, often to avoid trouble or because of wrongdoing

例句

After the audit found missing funds, the accountant decamped to a country with no extradition treaty.

查帳發現資金短少後，那名會計師潛逃到一個沒有引渡條約的國家。

decamp + to + [place] for destination

Eshe decamped from her flat in the middle of the night, leaving her furniture behind.

Eshe 在半夜悄悄逃離了她的公寓，家具都留在原地。

decamp + from + [place] for origin

常見搭配
  • decamp from a place (apartment / office / camp)
  • decamp to a place (island / country / studio)
  • decamp with money / funds / assets
  • decamp in the night / under cover of darkness
  • decamp hastily / quietly / secretly
同義詞
  • abscond

    Stronger implication of guilt and stealing something; formal and often legal

  • flee

    More urgent, used for escaping danger or threat; less deliberate than decamp

  • take off

    Informal and neutral; simply means leave quickly without the secrecy

反義詞
  • arrive

    Antonym of leaving — arriving at a place

  • stay

    Remain in a place rather than departing

文法句型

decamp + from + [place]

decamp + to + [place]

decamp + with + [something/someone]

用法筆記

Unlike 'escape' or 'flee', decamp does not necessarily suggest danger or pursuit — the departure is deliberate and planned, not a panicked reaction.

常見錯誤

The prisoners decamped from the jail.
The prisoners escaped from the jail.
'Decamp' describes a voluntary, planned departure, not a breakout from captivity.
The child decamped from home after being scolded.
The child ran away from home after being scolded.
'Decamp' is too formal and deliberate for an emotional, impulsive action.

同根字

  • decampment
    名詞C2

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常用片語

  • in the middle of the night
  • under cover of darkness
  • under the cover of night

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