💡『癱瘓』的英語怎麼說?
The Ever Given blocking the Suez Canal was finally set free on Monday. The traffic paralyzed by the ship had resumed moving.
堵住蘇伊士運河的長賜號,終於在周一放行了。因為長賜號而癱瘓的交通又恢復了行駛。
📕精彩字卡:
• block (v.) /blɑːk/ 堵塞
• paralyze (v.) /ˈper.əl.aɪz/ 癱瘓
• resume(v.)/rɪˈzuːm/重新開始
🎓深度講解:
在文中block(v.)有堵塞/阻擋/阻礙的意思,而paralyze(v.) 則是使人或物喪失活動力而不能正常運作,也就是我們常說的陷入『癱瘓』,像是交通被癱瘓就可以說The traffic was paralyzed. 或示威抗議者癱瘓交通並阻礙道路則可以說Protestors paralyzed traffic and blocked roads.
👇看『癱瘓』的例子 :
• The New York region was paralyzed by an early winter snowstorm.
紐約地區因初冬暴風雪而癱瘓。
• After a bike accident left Andy paralyzed from the chest down, he decided to commit suicide.
因為自行車事故,使安迪胸以下都癱瘓後,他決定自殺。