The snowstorms created gigantic passenger backups.
暴風雪造成大量旅客滯留
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名詞backup,一個常用的意思是“后備,備份”(A copy of a program or file that is stored separately from the original; A reserve or substitute);另一個常用的意思就是這個句子里的“阻塞、滯留”(An overflow or accumulation caused by clogging or by a stoppage)。表達“滯留”還可以用另外一個動詞,strand。
例句:
For the stranded passengers, there are few alternatives.
對滯留的旅客來說,沒什么選擇的余地。
海納百川,有容乃大;壁立千仞,無欲則剛。