on the lam

基本解釋

EG:He was on the lam from the police after they found out he was using stolen credit cards.
他一直在潛逃自從警察發(fā)現(xiàn)他在使用偷來的信用卡時。
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Erik was on the lam (from the Old Norse word lemja) for killing a man who had refused to return some borrowed bedsteads.
埃里克大開殺戒，腰斬了一名拒絕歸還所借床架的男子。
After 33 days on the lam, accused cop killer Johnny Ray Robinson was bagged yesterday in a predawn raid at his girl friend's apartment in Philadelphia.
經(jīng)過33天的逃亡，被控殺死警察的魯賓遜昨天在一項破曉前的突襲中，在費城他的女友公寓中被捕。

Birnbaum and Zuravel were reported under arrest, while Toumei was said to be still on the lam.
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