To run away from a place fast because something there could hurt you. The whole point of the word is danger: you flee a fire, a war, a flood, the police. Ordinary leaving is not fleeing — you leave a party, you do not flee it, unless you are joking.

to run away from a place fast很快地逃離一個地方，because something there could hurt you因為那裡有東西可能會傷害你。the whole point of the word is danger這個字的重點就是危險：you flee a fire, a war, a flood, the police你會 flee 火災、戰爭、洪水、警察。ordinary leaving is not fleeing普通地離開不叫 fleeing——you leave a party, you do not flee it你是 leave 一場派對，不是 flee 它，unless you are joking除非你是在開玩笑。

It is a formal, written word; it lives in the news ('thousands fled the city') far more than in conversation, where people say 'run away', 'get out' or 'escape'.

it is a formal, written word這是一個正式、書面的字：it lives in the news ('thousands fled the city')它常出現在新聞裡（'thousands fled the city'），far more than in conversation遠比在對話裡常見，where people say 'run away', 'get out' or 'escape'對話裡人們會說 'run away'、'get out' 或 'escape'。

You can use it with a place straight after it (they fled the country) or with a preposition (they fled from the fighting, they fled to the mountains). Watch the forms: flee, fled, fled — the past is 'fled', not 'fleed'.

you can use it with a place straight after it你可以在它後面直接接地方（they fled the country）（they fled the country），or with a preposition或是接介系詞（they fled from the fighting, they fled to the mountains）（they fled from the fighting、they fled to the mountains）。watch the forms: flee, fled, fled注意它的形式：flee、fled、fled——the past is 'fled', not 'fleed'過去式是「fled」，不是「fleed」。

The related noun is 'flight', as in 'the flight of refugees', which is the same word family as the flight of a bird but a very different feeling.

the related noun is 'flight'相關的名詞是「flight」，as in 'the flight of refugees'像是「the flight of refugees（難民的逃亡）」，which is the same word family as the flight of a bird跟鳥「飛行」的 flight 是同一個字，but a very different feeling但感覺很不一樣。