on the lam

基本解释

EG:He was on the lam from the police after they found out he was using stolen credit cards.
他一直在潜逃自从警察发现他在使用偷来的信用卡时。
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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.
埃里克大开杀戒，腰斩了一名拒绝归还所借床架的男子。
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.
经过33天的逃亡，被控杀死警察的鲁宾逊昨天在一项破晓前的突袭中，在费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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