If you are stranded, you are stuck in a place and cannot get away — usually because your transport has failed or the way out is blocked. Passengers stranded at the airport by a typhoon; a car stranded in the snow; a whale stranded on the beach when the tide goes out.

If you are stranded如果你是stranded的, you are stuck in a place and cannot get away就是被困在一個地方走不了 — usually because your transport has failed or the way out is blocked通常是因為交通工具壞了或出路被擋住. Passengers stranded at the airport by a typhoon因颱風被困在機場的旅客; a car stranded in the snow困在雪地裡的車; a whale stranded on the beach when the tide goes out退潮時擱淺在沙灘上的鯨魚

Two feelings ride along with the word: it is not your fault, and you are helpless — you cannot fix it yourself, you need a bus, a boat, a tow truck, someone to come. That is what separates it from 'stuck', which is wider and lighter (stuck in traffic, stuck on question 3).

Two feelings ride along with the word這個字帶著兩種感覺: it is not your fault一個是這不是你的錯, and you are helpless另一個是你無能為力 — you cannot fix it yourself你自己解決不了, you need a bus, a boat, a tow truck, someone to come你需要一輛公車、一艘船、一輛拖吊車，或有人來救援. That is what separates it from 'stuck'這就是它跟'stuck'不同的地方, which is wider and lighter'stuck'的範圍更廣、語氣更輕 (stuck in traffic, stuck on question 3)(像stuck in traffic塞車、stuck on question 3卡在第三題)

The origin is the beach: a 'strand' is an old word for a shore, and a stranded ship is one run up onto the sand where the water can't lift it — which is a very good picture to keep. People also stretch it away from places: 'when my co-writer quit I was left stranded', meaning abandoned without support.

The origin is the beach這個字的來源是海邊: a 'strand' is an old word for a shore'strand'是「岸邊」的古字, and a stranded ship is one run up onto the sand where the water can't lift it而stranded的船就是擱淺在沙上、海水沒辦法把它浮起來的船 — which is a very good picture to keep這個畫面很值得記住. People also stretch it away from places人們也會把這個字延伸到跟地點無關的情況: 'when my co-writer quit I was left stranded'像'when my co-writer quit I was left stranded'(合寫的夥伴退出後我被丟在那裡孤立無援), meaning abandoned without support意思是被拋下、沒有支援

Note that it is nearly always passive — you ARE stranded, you GET stranded, you are LEFT stranded; you rarely strand yourself.

Note that it is nearly always passive要注意這個字幾乎都是被動式 — you ARE stranded, you GET stranded, you are LEFT stranded你ARE stranded、你GET stranded、你are LEFT stranded; you rarely strand yourself你很少會說自己strand自己