PETS－2语法讲解(249)

　　My luggage went astray.
　　对 话
　　Maggie: I had a terrible time on my last trip to Europe.
　　Bernard: Why, what happened? Did you have an accident?
　　Maggie: No, my luggage went astray. When I arrived in Paris and went to collect my case from the baggage carousel, it never arrived.
　　Bernard: What happened to it? Had somebody collected it by mistake or stolen it?
　　Maggie: No, it had been sent on to London by mistake.
　　Bernard: Did you get it back?
　　Maggie: Yes I did, but it took two whole days. I was absolutely furious.
　　玛吉: 我上次去欧洲的经验很不愉快。
　　伯纳: 为什么？遇上了意外事故吗？
　　玛吉: 不是，只是行李遗失了。飞机到达巴黎，我去行李传送带那里取回自己的箱子，却始终不见踪影。
　　伯纳: 那箱子怎样了？是被人误领了或偷了吗？
　　玛吉: 不是，而是误送了去伦敦。
　　伯纳: 取回来了吗？ 　　玛吉: 取回来了，但要整整两天，弄得我非常恼火。
　　玛吉说上次去欧洲，行李丢失了：My luggage went astray。谈go astray之前，不妨先说说stray。Stray作动词，指‘偏离正道’或‘迷途’，也可引申解作‘分心’或‘说话离题’，例如：(1) I am afraid we have strayed from the main road. We are lost（我们恐怕是走离了大道，现在迷路了）。(2) My thoughts strayed from the lecture（我没有留心听演讲，分心想其它事）。Stray还可作形容词(adjective)，意思是‘流浪的’或‘零星的’。Stray cats、stray dogs即‘流浪猫’、 ‘流浪狗’；I was hit by a stray bullet即‘我被流弹打中’。英文有时会用a作前缀，把动词、名词等变做副词(adverb)，例如动词sunder（分开）变做asunder（分开地）、名词shore（岸）变做ashore（在岸上）。
　　Astray是另一例子，指‘迷途’或 ‘丢失了’，常和go字连用，例如：(1) He was led astray by bad companions（他被损友引入歧途）。(2) My pen has gone astray: I cannot find it anywhere（我的笔遗失了，四处都找不到）。以后，有东西不知去向，你就可以说：It's gone astray。本栏之前说明过，机场的行李传送带叫baggage reclaim belt。另一叫法是baggage carousel，例如：Baggage from flight CX2 is on carousel number 2（CX2班机的行李在三号传送带）。Carousel还可指游乐场等的旋转木马，等于merry-go-round，例如：At the carnival, the children had a ride on the carousel/merry-go-round（嘉年华会上，孩子们骑了一趟旋转木马）。