marooned
marooned — 形容詞
1. unable to leave a remote place, especially an island or empty stretch of land, w
被困；受困
被留在無法逃脫的偏遠地方，孤立無援
unable to leave a remote place, especially an island or empty stretch of land, with no easy way to get help or return home
After the storm, the sailors were marooned on a tiny island for three weeks.
暴風雨過後，水手們被困在一座小島上長達三週。
be marooned on + [place]
Amara was marooned at an empty bus stop after the last bus had already left.
最後一班公車開走後，Amara 被困在空無一人的公車站。
Three children were marooned in a mountain cabin when heavy snow blocked the only road.
大雪封住唯一通道，三個孩子被困在山間小屋裡。
Hassan was marooned at the airport overnight after every single flight was cancelled.
所有航班取消後，Hassan 被困在機場整整一夜。
A broken GPS left Ingrid marooned on a dirt road deep in a pine forest.
導航失靈讓 Ingrid 被困在松樹林深處的一條泥土路上。
- rescued
saved and brought back to safety
文法句型
be marooned on + place
feel marooned at + location
用法筆記
Frequently used with 'on' + place or 'at' + location. Often follows 'be', 'feel', 'become', or 'leave'. The situation must involve genuine remoteness, not just a short delay.
常見錯誤
marooned — 名詞
1. a person who has been left alone in a remote place with no means of escape or re
被遺棄者
被遺留在偏遠地方、無法逃脫或獲救的人
a person who has been left alone in a remote place with no means of escape or rescue
Kwame read the diary of a maroon who lived twelve years on a bare island.
Kwame 讀了一位被遺棄者在光禿島嶼上生活十二年的日記。
a maroon who + [survival story]
In the old tale, the maroon built a shelter from driftwood and palm leaves.
在這個古老故事中，那位被遺棄者用漂流木和棕櫚葉搭了棲身處。
Some maroons were sailors abandoned on empty shores as punishment for mutiny.
有些被遺棄者是因叛變受罰而被丟在荒涼海岸的水手。
A desperate maroon left marks on the rocks hoping a passing ship would spot them.
一位絕望的被遺棄者在岩石上留下記號，盼望有船隻經過時能看見。
- castaway
more common and broader; can refer to anyone washed ashore by accident, not necessarily abandoned deliberately
用法筆記
Rare in modern English outside historical or literary contexts. The verb 'marooned' (adjective) is far more common than this noun use.
2. a Black person in the Americas during the slavery era who escaped and helped bui
逃亡黑奴；自由墾民
美洲逃離奴役並建立自由社區的黑人及其後裔
a Black person in the Americas during the slavery era who escaped and helped build a hidden free community, or someone born into one of those communities generations later
Chidi studied the maroon settlements that grew deep in the forests of Suriname.
Chidi 研究了蘇利南森林深處逐漸壯大的逃亡黑奴聚落。
maroon + [settlement/community/village]
The maroons of Jamaica built hidden villages in the highlands to protect their freedom.
牙買加的逃亡黑奴在高地建立隱蔽村莊，以保護自己的自由。
Naledi traced her roots to a maroon group that farmed beside a hidden river.
Naledi 追溯自己的家族根源，找到一個在隱蔽河邊耕種的逃亡黑奴族群。
Historians found records of maroon leaders who signed treaties with colonial governments.
歷史學家發現了逃亡黑奴領袖與殖民政府簽訂條約的記錄。
The museum exhibit showed tools and pottery made by maroons in the seventeenth century.
博物館展出了十七世紀逃亡黑奴製作的工具和陶器。
用法筆記
A specialised historical term. Refers specifically to communities of escaped enslaved people in the Caribbean and the Americas, not to any group that fled captivity.
marooned — 動詞
1. to deliberately leave someone alone on an empty island or remote shore, giving t
棄於荒島
故意把人留在荒島或偏遠岸邊，任其自生自滅
to deliberately leave someone alone on an empty island or remote shore, giving them no boat or means of returning to safety
The captain marooned three mutineers on a sandbank with only a cask of water.
船長將三名叛變者棄於一片沙洲上，只留給他們一桶水。
maroon + [person] + on + [place]
Pirates often marooned their enemies on empty coasts as a slow form of execution.
海盜常把敵人棄於荒涼海岸，作為一種緩慢的處決方式。
In the adventure story, the villain marooned the hero on a volcanic island.
在冒險故事中，反派把英雄棄於一座火山島上。
Theo was marooned by his crew after he refused to share the treasure map.
Theo 拒絕交出藏寶圖後，被他的船員棄於荒島。
The legend says a Spanish captain marooned his rival on a reef at low tide.
古老傳說記載，一位西班牙船長在退潮時將對手棄於礁石上。
- rescue
to save someone and bring them back from danger
文法句型
maroon + someone + on + place
用法筆記
Typically used in passive voice or with a human agent (captain, pirates, crew). The setting is almost always an island, shore, or reef. Distinct from the figurative sense (verb/2) which applies to any isolating situation.
常見錯誤
2. to trap someone in a situation or place where they are cut off from help, resour
孤立；困住
使人陷入孤立無援、難以脫身的處境
to trap someone in a situation or place where they are cut off from help, resources, or any easy way out
The heavy snowfall marooned the whole village for three days, blocking every road.
大雪困住了整個村莊三天，所有道路都被封鎖。
[event] + marooned + [people] + [duration]
Mei felt marooned in a dull office job that wasted all her language skills.
Mei 覺得自己被困在一份沉悶的辦公室工作裡，白白浪費了語言才能。
feel marooned in + [situation] — figurative
A cancelled train marooned hundreds of passengers at a tiny countryside station.
一列取消的火車讓數百名乘客困在一座鄉間小站。
The broken lift marooned Santiago between the ninth and tenth floors for two hours.
故障的電梯把 Santiago 困在九樓和十樓之間長達兩小時。
Budget cuts marooned the research team without any funding for their final year.
預算削減讓研究團隊在最後一年陷入孤立無援的處境。
- free
to release from a trapped or confined state
文法句型
be marooned + by + event
maroon + someone + in + situation
用法筆記
This figurative sense extends the island-abandonment idea to any isolating situation. The subject is often an event or circumstance (storm, cancelled flight, budget cut) rather than a person. Frequently passive.