11 月 6 日，我国最大的网约车企滴滴宣布，将于 11 月 20 日起，陆续在哈尔滨、太原、石家庄、常州、沈阳、北京、南通 7 个城市上线顺风车试运营。此消息一出，就引发公众热议，尤其是其中限制女性乘客使用时间的规定，引起了大家的质疑。即将回归 7 个城市的滴滴顺风车，能否让乘客安心出行？为什么滴滴对女性用户设定这条“限时条款”呢？
如何理解 ride-hailing 这个词？
China's top ride-hailing company introduced a 'curfew' for women after riders were killed. It's being forced to backtrack
继乘客遇害后，中国最大的网约车公司对女性实施“宵禁”，随后被迫将其撤销
Didi Chuxing earlier this week announced it would resume its controversial carpooling service, Hitch, for the first time since taking it offline last year following the killings of two female passengers. In a bid to improve passenger safety, it said it would only let women book rides until 8:00 p.m., while men could use the platform until 11:00 p.m.
滴滴出行在本周早些时候宣布，它将重新上线备受争议的拼车服务——顺风车，去年两名女乘客遇害后该服务曾被下线，此次上线是滴滴恢复顺风车业务的首次尝试。为了更好地保障乘客的安全，该公司表示，平台将只允许女性在晚上 8 点前预约车辆，而男性直到晚上 11 点前都可以使用这个平台。
Following a huge backlash on Chinese social media, the company has backpedaled fast. Didi said on Friday that the earlier cutoff would now apply to all customers regardless of gender.
这在中国社交媒体上引起了一阵强烈的反对，之后，该公司很快改变了主意。滴滴在周五表示，之前限制女性夜间乘车的规定，现在不论性别，适用于所有顾客。
As of Friday morning, the hashtag "#WomenCan'tTakeDidiAfter8PM" was trending on Chinese social network Weibo, generating over a thousand posts on the Twitter-like service.
从周五上午开始，“#女性晚八点后不能使用滴滴顺风车#”的话题标签在中国的社交网络平台微博上就引起了热议，网友在类似推特服务的网站（微博）上发布了一千多条帖子。
"Crazy," one user wrote. "That's total discrimination, and it says this is for the sake of females' safety." "Men committed crimes, but they put a curfew on women instead of on men," said another user.
“太疯狂了！”一位用户写道，“这完全是歧视，它还说是为了保护女性”。“男性犯了罪，但他们却限制女性而非男性在夜间出行”，另一位用户这样表示。
The company spokesperson said Friday that its 8:00 p.m. cutoff for women was because its data showed that "sex-related complaints, predominantly from women users" are 45% higher between then and 11:00 p.m.
该公司的发言人在周五表示，限制女性在晚上 8 点之后出行，是因为有数据显示，从晚上 8 点到晚上 11 点，“主要来自女性用户的涉性类投诉”比 8 点之前（5:00-20:00）多出 45%。
Feng Lai, a professor of public relations at Shanghai Normal University, said Didi probably had good intentions but should have anticipated the public outcry.
上海师范大学公共关系学的教授来丰表示，滴滴的出发点可能是好的，但是他们应该要预料到公众的反对。
"Please bear with us as we continue to explore different ways of making your rides safer," the spokesperson said. "User safety is our number one priority and we will closely monitor the Hitch service during this trial period and beyond."
“请大家给我们一些时间，我们会继续探索让你的出行更安全的各种方法”，发言人表示，“用户安全一直被我们放在第一优先级，不管是试运营期间还是以后，我们都会密切监测顺风车服务”。
重点词汇
ride-hailing/ˈraɪd.heɪ.lɪŋ/
n. 打车；叫车
相关词汇：hail（v. 招呼；呼喊；称颂；万岁）
口语表达：Hail Hydra!
curfew/ˈkɝː.fjuː/
n. 宵禁，戒严
英文释义：to cover fire
backtrack/ˈbæk.træk/
v. 收回说法；改变意见；原路返回
相关词汇：track（n. 小道；路径）
resume/rɪˈzuːm/
v.（中断后）继续，重新开始
例句：She resumed her career after giving birth.
carpooling/ˈkɑːrˌpuː.lɪŋ/
n. 拼车
相关词汇：pool（n. 游泳池）
词性拓展：pool（v. 聚集；共享）
近义词：car-sharing, ride-sharing
相关词汇：tailored taxi service
相关词汇：tailor（n. 裁缝）
相关词汇：tailored（adj. 量身定制的）
相关词汇：fast ride
in a bid to
为了…
相关词汇：bid（n. 投标；出价；努力争取）
例句：Our firm won the bid.
搭配短语：make a bid for power
backlash/ˈbæk.læʃ/
n. 强烈反响；强烈反对
相关词汇：lash（n. 鞭打）
搭配短语：a backlash against sth.
backpedal/ˈbækˌped.əl/
v. 改变立场；撤回
相关词汇：pedal（n. 踏板）
词性拓展：pedal（v. 骑自行车；用脚蹬）
例句：I pedalled as fast as I could, as if I were escaping, from longing, from innocence, from her.
cutoff/ˈkʌt̬.ɑːf/
n. 截止点；界限
相关词汇：cut off（切掉；中断）
trend/trend/
v.（词语、主题或名字）被提及最多
词性拓展：trend（n. 趋势）
搭配短语：an upward trend; a downward trend
英文释义：to be one of the words, subjects, or names that is being mentioned most, often on a social media website or a news website at a particular time
for the sake of
为了…
相关词汇：sake（n. 目的）
近义词：purpose
例句：Don't get married just for the sake of it.
搭配短语：art for art's sake
近义词：for the purpose of
predominantly/prɪˈdɑː.mə.nənt.li/
adv. 占绝大多数地；显著地
相关词汇：dominant（adj. 支配的；占首要的）
例句：The firm has achieved a dominant position in the market.
outcry/ˈaʊt.kraɪ/
n. 强烈抗议或反对
priority/praɪˈɔːr.ə.t̬i/
n. 优先考虑的事
相关词汇：prior（adj. 优先的；居先的）
搭配短语：take priority over sth.
例句：User safety takes priority over any other matter.
trial period
试用期
相关词汇：trial（n. 试用；试验）
相关词汇：try（v. 尝试；试用）
搭配短语：to use it free on trial for 10 days
例句：She agreed to employ me for a trial period.