eloping v. 私奔(elope 的现在分词)
- My parents, for one, decided to rebel as they acted against tradition and their families by eloping.
我的双亲也是其中的一份子,他们用私奔来对抗传统与双方的家庭。 - The ancient Chinese society had a severe punishment for those "eloping" lovers.
古代中国社会对私奔的情侣有一种严厉的惩罚。
Elope \E*lope"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Eloped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Eloping}.] [D. ontloopen to run away; pref. ont- (akin to G.
ent-, AS. and-, cf. E. answer) + loopen to run; akin to E.
leap. See {Leap}, v. t.]
To run away, or escape privately, from the place or station
to which one is bound by duty; -- said especially of a woman
or a man, either married or unmarried, who runs away with a
paramour or a sweetheart.
Great numbers of them [the women] have eloped from
their allegiance. --Addison.