A Samaritan is someone who helps you when you are in trouble — especially a stranger who stops, even though they do not have to.

A Samaritan好撒瑪利亞人 is是 someone who helps you when you are in trouble在你有困難時幫助你的人 — especially a stranger who stops尤其是一個停下來的陌生人, even though they do not have to即使他其實不必這麼做。

English got this from a story Jesus tells: a man is beaten on the road; religious people walk past; a man from Samaria binds his wounds and pays for his care. Jews and Samaritans in that story did not get along, so the shock is that the helper is the outsider.

English英文 got this from a story Jesus tells這個用法來自耶穌講的一個故事: a man一個男人 is beaten on the road在路上被打, religious people宗教人士 walk past從旁邊走過去; a man from Samaria一個撒瑪利亞人 binds his wounds替他包紮傷口 and pays for his care並付錢照顧他。Jews and Samaritans猶太人和撒瑪利亞人 in that story在那個故事裡 did not get along彼此合不來, so the shock所以令人震驚的是 is that the helper is the outsider伸出援手的竟是外人。

Today people say a good Samaritan more often than a bare Samaritan for this kind sense. It can also sit in front of a noun: a Samaritan act, Good Samaritan laws (rules that try to protect you if you give first aid to a stranger).

Today今天, people大家 say a good Samaritan more often than a bare Samaritan更常說good Samaritan、而不是單獨的Samaritan, for this kind sense來表達這個「善心人」的意思。It它 can also sit in front of a noun也可以放在名詞前面: a Samaritan act一個Samaritan的善舉, Good Samaritan lawsGood Samaritan laws（好撒瑪利亞人法） (rules that try to protect you if you give first aid to a stranger這種法規想保護你，如果你對陌生人施行急救)。

Though actually, Samaritans are still a real, small religious people; the everyday English word has floated partly free of that, and now mostly means “kind stranger.” It feels a little formal or story-like — kind, not slangy.

Though actually不過其實, Samaritans撒瑪利亞人 are still a real, small religious people依然是一個真實存在、人數不多的宗教族群; the everyday English word日常英文裡這個字 has floated partly free of that已經有一部分脫離了那個原意, and now mostly means "kind stranger."現在大多是指「好心的陌生人」。It它 feels a little formal or story-like有點正式、有點故事感 — kind, not slangy是溫暖的字，不是隨口的俚語。