"maroons" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 遺棄（在孤島等）

Definition

把某人遺棄在偏遠或危險的地方，通常無法獲救。歷史上也指被遺棄在孤島上的人。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

作為動詞，'maroon' 較為正式，常用於書面或文學語境。常見搭配有 'marooned on an island'（被困在島上）。不要和顏色 'maroon'（栗色）混淆。

Examples

The sailors were marooned on the deserted island.

水手們被**遺棄**在荒島上。

After the storm, the car broke down and we were marooned on the highway.

暴風雨後，汽車壞了，我們被**困**在高速公路上。

The movie is about astronauts who get marooned in space.

這部電影講述了太空人**被困**在太空中的故事。

She felt totally marooned when her friends left her alone at the party.

她的朋友們把她一個人留在派對上時，她感到完全被**遺棄**了。

Power outages sometimes leave whole neighborhoods marooned without communication for hours.

停電時，有時整個社區會**被困**幾個小時無法聯絡。

He joked that he was marooned at his grandma's house all summer with no internet.

他開玩笑說整個夏天都被**困**在奶奶家沒有網路。