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Fugitive

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Fugitive

政府以台灣殺人案為由,促請盡快修訂《逃犯條例》(Fugitive Offenders Ordinance),甚至將法庭「擺上枱」,聲稱法庭可以把關,觸發法律界下周舉行黑衣遊行。路透社更刊登本港三名資深法官的匿名訪問,表達他們對修例的憂慮。

看到fugitive一字以-tive為字尾,會猜fugitive是形容詞。其實,fugitive可以用作名詞或形容詞。Fugitive用作名詞時,解「逃犯、難民、逃亡者」。例句︰The Hong Kong government is considering allowing the reciprocal transfer of fugitives with mainland China, Taiwan and Macau.(香港政府正在考慮允許與中國內地、台灣及澳門的互相移交逃犯。)Thousands of fugitives fled to Canada via Detroit.(成千上萬的難民通過底特律逃往加拿大。)

Fugitive用作形容詞時,則解「短暫的、暫時的、稍縱即逝的」,尤指想法或感覺。例如,It was only a fugitive impression but it was strengthened by the hindsight of his thoughts.(那只是一個短暫的印象,事後卻被他的想法加強了。)This book is about the fugitive happiness of life.(這本書是關於生命裏稍縱即逝的幸福。)

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