一問：推廣中餐能救命！美國一男子維持中餐放棄自殺

n. 渴望

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A Chinese food craving is a powerful thing — just ask Officer Jason Inacio of the Newark Police Department.

對中餐的渴望是很強大的，只管問問紐瓦克警察局的傑森·伊納西奧警官。

He was able to use a simple offer of Chinese takeout to help coax a man out of his apartment bedroom, where he was reportedly threatening to cut his own throat with a knife on Saturday.

他用一份中餐外賣就把一名男子誘哄出他公寓的臥室，而據報道，這名男子週六曾揚言要用刀割喉。

“He said he was hungry,” Inacio told . “And wanted Chinese food.”

“他說他餓了，想吃中餐。”伊納西奧告訴新澤西地方新聞。

Cops had been negotiating with the 38-year-old man for roughly 20 minutes before Inacio came up with the idea to grab him some takeout.

警察與這名38歲的男子溝通了約20分鐘，之後伊納西奧想到了給他拿點外賣的辦法。

“We gave someone $20 and I told him, ‘I’ll let you eat on the way to the hospital,'” Inacio recalled. “We just wanted to figure out where he was coming from and reassure him. The only reason we’re there is to help him and try to comfort him.”

“我們給了某人20美元，並且我告訴他，‘我會讓你在去醫院的路上吃東西的，’”伊納西奧回憶道。“我們只是想了解他來自哪裏，並打消他的疑慮。我們去那兒的唯一原因就是要幫助他並試着安慰他。”

A family member reportedly grabbed the food — described as “a hearty” chicken and broccoli bowl — and delivered it to the man.

據報道，一位家庭成員拿了一碗“豐盛的”西蘭花炒雞肉，給了這名男子。

“Look, you see it right there,” Inacio can be heard saying on video captured through his bodycam, as he shows the man a bag of food. “I promised you that, right? So come on…I’ll let you eat it on the way.”

從伊納西奧的執法記錄儀上拍攝的一段視頻中可以聽到他說，“你看，它就在那兒，”他向那名男子展示了那袋食物，“我答應過你，對吧？所以，來吧……我會讓你在路上吃的。”

The man eventually agreed to drop the knife and was transported to a local hospital by ambulance soon after.

這名男子最終同意放下刀，並乘坐之後到達的救護車去了當地醫院。

“I like to always keep my promises,” Inacio said. “If I promise something, I want to follow through with my promise. And in this case, I promised him the Chinese food if he came with us.”

“我願意一直信守承諾，”伊納西奧說道。“如果我做出了承諾，我就會信守承諾。這次我承諾他，如果他跟我們走，我就讓他吃中餐。”

常見用法：a craving for sth. 對…的渴望

I get sudden cravings for sweets.

我會突然非常想吃糖果。

She skipped normal meals to satisfy her craving for chocolate and crisps.  

她不吃正餐,以便滿足自己吃巧克力和炸薯片的渴望。