Runaway Train

基本解释

We become stuck, like stowaways on a runaway train, obliged to go where a problem seems to be taking us.
我们被困住，就像偷渡者在逃跑的火车上，必须去往问题将发生的地方。
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“It’s like a runaway train gaining momentum, ” Stan Humphries, Zillow’s vice president of data and analytics, said in an interview.
“看起来就像一列失控的火车，”Zillow 的数据与分析副总裁Stan Humphries在一个采访中表示。
After a reprieve, Tim is once again a victim of his wayward body, “the frightened soul inside the runaway train of mindless matter, peering out from the conductor's car in horror.
短暂的间歇之后，缇姆又会成为他失控身体的受害者，“他的躯体就像无缘由失控的列车，他的灵魂惊恐的向这车外望着。”

The situation appears to be a runaway train with no one in the cab.
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