The name of a small settlement in the jungle of Guyana, in South America, built in the 1970s by an American religious group called the Peoples Temple and named after its leader, Jim Jones. About nine hundred people lived there.

The name of a small settlement in the jungle of Guyana, in South America這是南美洲蓋亞那叢林裡一個小聚落的名字, built in the 1970s by an American religious group called the Peoples Temple由一個叫做「人民聖殿教」的美國宗教團體在1970年代建立, and named after its leader, Jim Jones以它的領袖Jim Jones的名字命名。About nine hundred people lived there大約有九百人住在那裡

On 18 November 1978, almost all of them died in one day — over nine hundred people, a third of them children — after drinking a fruit drink mixed with poison. Some drank it because Jones told them to; others were made to. It is usually called the Jonestown Massacre.

On 18 November 19781978年11月18日, almost all of them died in one day幾乎所有人都在同一天死去 — over nine hundred people, a third of them children超過九百人，其中三分之一是兒童 — after drinking a fruit drink mixed with poison起因是喝下了摻了毒藥的果汁飲料。Some drank it because Jones told them to有些人是因為Jones要他們喝才喝的; others were made to有些人則是被強迫喝下去的。It is usually called the Jonestown Massacre這通常被稱為Jonestown大屠殺

In English today the word is almost never used to talk about the place itself. People say it when they want to name the worst thing a group can become: a leader nobody is allowed to question, followers who have cut themselves off from family and from the outside world, and a group that would rather die together than admit it was wrong. So you hear it in sentences like 'this is starting to feel like Jonestown' about a company, a political group, or an online community — a strong, unfriendly thing to say, and not something you would use lightly.

In English today the word is almost never used to talk about the place itself現在英語裡，這個字幾乎不會被用來單純指這個地方本身。People say it when they want to name the worst thing a group can become大家會用它來形容一個團體最糟糕能變成什麼樣子: a leader nobody is allowed to question像是一個沒有人敢質疑的領袖, followers who have cut themselves off from family and from the outside world一群已經和家人、外界都斷了聯繫的追隨者, and a group that would rather die together than admit it was wrong以及一個寧可一起死也不肯承認自己錯了的團體。So you hear it in sentences like 'this is starting to feel like Jonestown'所以你會聽到像"this is starting to feel like Jonestown"（這開始有Jonestown的味道了）這樣的句子 about a company, a political group, or an online community用來形容一家公司、一個政治團體，或一個網路社群 — a strong, unfriendly thing to say這是一句很重、也不友善的話, and not something you would use lightly不是隨便就會拿來說的

The very common phrase 'drink the Kool-Aid', meaning to accept what a group believes without thinking, comes from this event, though it is now used lightly, often about work, in a way that many people find uncomfortable once they know where it came from.

The very common phrase 'drink the Kool-Aid'那句很常見的片語'drink the Kool-Aid'（喝下Kool-Aid）, meaning to accept what a group believes without thinking意思是不加思索地全盤接受一個團體的信念, comes from this event就是源自這個事件, though it is now used lightly, often about work不過現在常被輕鬆地拿來用，尤其是講工作, in a way that many people find uncomfortable once they know where it came from一旦知道這句話的來歷，很多人會覺得這樣用其實蠻不舒服的