flee

1. 飞离 => (飞离)逃走。
2. 飞离即为逃走。

flee 逃避

来自PIE*pleu, 飞，词源同fly. 引申词义飞走。

flee

flee: [OE] Flee, like its close relatives German fliehe, Dutch vlieden, and Swedish and Danish fly, comes from a prehistoric Germanic *thleukhan, a word of unknown origin. In Old English, flee and fly had the same past tense and past participle (and indeed the same derivatives, represented in modern English by flight), and this, together with a certain similarity in meaning, has led to the two verbs being associated and often confused, but there is no reliable evidence that they are etymologically connected.

flee (v.)

Old English fleon, flion "take flight, fly from, avoid, escape" (contracted class II strong verb; past tense fleah, past participle flogen), from Proto-Germanic *fleuhan "to run away" (cognates: Old High German fliohan, Old Norse flöja, Old Frisian flia, Dutch vlieden, German fliehen, Gothic þliuhan "to flee"), probably from PIE *pleuk-, extended form of root *pleu- "to flow" (see pluvial). Also compare fly (v.2).

Weak past tense and past participle fled emerged in Middle English under influence of Scandinavian. Old English had a transitive form, geflieman "put to flight, banish, drive away," which came in handy in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Related: fled; Fleeing.

1. A trickle of refugees began to flee the country.

难民开始三五成群地陆续逃离该国。

2. Later, he suffered the indignity of having to flee angry protesters.

后来，他不得不极不光彩地避开愤怒的抗议者溜走了。

3. For an instant, Catherine was tempted to flee.

有那么一会儿，凯瑟琳很想逃跑。

4. Many refugees have been forced to flee their homeland.

很多难民被迫逃离了祖国。

5. Why does she always flee any kind of responsibility?

她为什么总是逃避责任?

【flee, avoid, escape】
flee: 逃走（但不一定逃脱）
avoid: 在……之前有意避开；
escape: 从……之中逃脱；

【flee, fly, get away, run away, escape】
这组词都有“逃跑、逃脱”的意思，其区别是：
flee: 书面用词，侧重指逃跑时动作匆忙，多含惧怕之意。
fly: 含义与flee相同，但系非正式用词。
get away: 口语用语。侧重指犯罪分子从现场逃跑或被捕时逃走。
run away: 口语用语，强调动作迅速。
escape: 侧重逃跑的结果，不强调逃跑时的匆忙或危险情况。