“Have you been there long?” “No,” he returned, “An escapade of a week or so.”

“你在那儿待了很久吗?”“不久，”他回答我说，“在那儿胡闹了一个星期左右。”

Escapade :an adventurous, unconventional act or undertaking.

〞越轨行为,胡作非为:冒险的、不合乎传统的行为或约定.〞

A frivolous escapade or prank.

恶作剧，怪诞动作无聊轻浮的越轨行为或恶作剧

Nor could she devour them by any escapade of a less legitimate description

她也不能通过任何不大合法的自由放荡行为来吞没他们。

It is said that Juno one day, perceiving the skies suddenly overcast, surmised that her husband had raised a cloud to hide some escapade

据说有一天朱诺看到天空突然乌云密布，就料想这一定是她丈夫兴起一团云来遮盖自己的放荡勾当。

He felt more like laughing at the child’s escapade than scolding him,but,solemn as an owl,he got through the necessary reprimand.

那孩子的恶作剧与其说让他责骂，倒不如说让他啼笑皆非，然而，他还是起来进行了必要的惩戒。

Fix, the detective, had foreseen the advantage which Passepartout’s escapade gave him, and, delaying his departure for twelve hours, had consulted the priests of Malabar Hill

实际上，密探费克斯早已看到，他可以从路路通碰上的这个倒霉的事件里得到好处。于是他就把从孟买动身的时间往后推迟了十二小时，跑到玛勒巴山寺为僧侣们出主意

He undressed with excessive caution, and fell asleep congratulating himself that nobody knew of his escapade

他非常小心地脱了衣服，心里庆幸这次偷着出去没有人知道，很快地睡着了。

The reckoning with his wife at the end of an escapade was something he counted on

他所指望的就是在一次越轨行为终了时同他妻子算帐。

He declares that this escapade is his own idea and that Hitler was unaware of it beforehand

他宣称，这次出奔是由于他自己的意思，希特勒事前并不知情。

I never attached any serious importance to this escapade

我从来没有对这个逃亡事件怎么重视。

Today’s cartoon by Mike Peters makes fun of Ms Ryder’s recent escapade

这幅由麦克-皮特斯创作的漫画嘲讽了赖德女士的离奇行为。

escapade n. daring, mischievous or adventurous act; prank

大胆的、顽皮的或冒险的行为；恶作剧：

The Mongolian escapade marked the peak of his career, but it was also a dismal failure.

蒙古的这场冒险标志着他人生的最高峰，但这也是一场悲惨的失败。

In 1854, the year of Shoin’s escapade , few dared fraternise with barbarians.

松阴偷渡是在1854年，当时还极少有人敢与“蛮夷”交善。

I had also hoped Barak would prevent Sharon’s inflammatory escapade , but Barak told me he couldn’t.

我也希望巴拉克能阻止沙龙煽动性的举动，但巴拉克告诉我，他做不到。

Yes, I still had to figure out how to pay for the entire escapade that would eventually become my livelihood.

这次学习最终可能影响我的终生职业，可是现在，我确实还在考虑如何付费。

The entire escapade was made into a film last year by the BBC, starring Kevin Whately, Emma Pierson, Alexei Sayle and John Sessions.

整个逃亡过程去年被英国广播公司改编成电影，主演凯文特莱利、爱玛皮尔逊、阿列克谢塞尔和约翰赛森斯。