Game of Thrones · 第 1 季
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left me to rot
任由我腐爛 / 讓我自生自滅
這裡的 `leave to rot` 是一個非常生動的表達，意思是「任由某人自生自滅，在困境中掙扎腐爛」。Jon Snow 覺得他父親把他送到絕境長城，就是任他在此「等死」或「荒廢」。
Everybody knew what this place was and no one told me. No one but you.
My father knew… and he left me to rot at the Wall all the same.
Grenn's father left him, too.