今日勉強した英語の中で間違えたことや調べたことをメモしておく。
コロケーション
今回は古沢寛行・小宮山浩光・レコード，カービィ(2004)「コロケーション徹底演習I」(泰文堂)PP. 141-4を参照。
今回、間違えたのは以下の表現：
| 901. | Today a robber can make off with anywhere from a hundred dollars to three million yen at a bank, or even with an ATM when people are not around. | |
| 今日、強盗はざっと見積もって100ドルから300万円まで銀行で盗むことができるし、人が付近にいなければATMだって盗むことができる。 | ||
| 902. | Jim never acknowledges the convenience andd ease of online shopping; he defends "the joy of going out to savor everyday life." | |
| ジムはオンライン・ショッピングの便利さと簡単さをどうしても認めない。彼は「毎日の生活を充分味わうために外出する喜び」を擁護する。 | ||
| 904. | Biologists classify living creatures by grouping the ones whose body structures are alike in sokme way or other. | |
| 生物学者は、何らかの点で体のつくりが似ているものをグループ化して生物を分類する。 | ||
| 907. | A rise of the average age at which people retire will give rise to positive changes in he solvency of pensions. | |
| 退職平均年齢の上昇は年金の支払い能力における大きなプラスの変化をもたらすことになる。 | ||
| 909. | I hope we can make Las Vegas by this evening if we don't have any car trouble. We might even have some time on the way to see Hoover Dam. | |
| 自動車トラブルが無ければ今晩までにはラス・ヴェガスに着くと思う。途中、フーバーダムを見る余裕ができるかもね。 | ||
| 912. | Of less than 100 million acres of land surface in Japan, only 17 per cent is arable. | |
| 日本の1億エーカーに満たない陸地のうち、たった17パーセントしか耕地に適さない。 | ||
| 916. | The sheer diversity of American colleges and universities often baffles foreigners. There are over 3,000 accredited schools in the whole country. | |
| 米国の大学の多様性がしばしば外国人にとっては当惑の種となる。国中に3,000を超える正規大学があるのだから。 | ||
| 917. | Some of the private schools in Japan, affiliated with various Christian denominations and once academically distinguished, are now teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. | |
| いくつかの日本の私立学校は、いろいろなキリスト教の教派に属し学問的にも優れていたのだが、今では破産の崖っぷちで揺れている。 | ||
| 918. | The university professor needs, at times, to be an entertainer, not just a teacher of humanities or science. He has to intrigue students and uplift their spirits and give them the joy that acquisition of knowledge grants. | |
| 大学の教授は、単なる人文科学や科学の教師ではなく、時にはエンターテイナーになる必要がある。学生の好奇心をそそり士気を高め、知識を得る喜びを与えねばならない。 | ||
| 920. | "Don't make phony excuses. I want you to get down to the nitty-gritty and tell it as it really is." | |
| 「嘘の言い訳をするんじゃない。核心をえぐり真実のまま話してもらいたい。」 | ||
| 923. | It's true that the Dow Jones surged 157 points, However, there should be more research done on finding the cheapest stocks. | |
| ダウ・ジョーンズ値が157ポイント急上昇したのは事実である。しかし最も安値の株を探すのにもっと調査をすべきである。 |
英文解釈
今回は伊藤和夫(2017)「英文解釈教室 新装版」(研究社)
PP. 44-48まで*1。
3.2 例題(3) We are all, whatever part of the world we come from, persuaded that our own nation is superior to all others. Seeing that each nation has its characteristic merits and demerits, we adjust our standard of values so as to make out that the merits possessed by our nation are the really important ones, while its demerits are comparatively trivial.
| We are all, whatever part of the world we come from, persuaded that our own nation is superior to all others. | |
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| 我々は皆、世界のどこ出身であろうとも、自国が他のあらゆる国よりも優れていると信じている。 | |
| Seeing that each nation has its characteristic merits and demerits, we adjust our standard of values so as to make out that the merits possessed by our nation are the really important ones, while its demerits are comparatively trivial. | |
| 各国にはその国に特有の美点と欠点があることが分かるにつれ、私たちは自らの価値水準を修正し、自国の美点が真に重要でその悪い所が比較的どうでもよいものであると言えるようにする。 |
| (1-1) He denied the fact that was known to everyone. | |
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| (関係代名詞)誰にでも知られている事実を彼は否定した。 | |
| (1-2) He denied the fact that it was known to everyone. | |
| (同格名詞節)それが知られているという事実を彼は否定した。 | |
| (2-1) There was no hope that he had realized. | |
| (関係代名詞)彼が実現した希望は無かった。 | |
| (2-2) There was no hope that he had realized it. | |
| (同格名詞節)彼はそれを実現した見込は無かった。 |
辞書を引いた語彙
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単語
語彙 |
発音記号 |
意味・内容 |
調べた理由 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| expanse | [ɪkˈspæns] | expanse (of something) a wide and open area of something, especially land or water | 意味 | |
| extension | [ɪkˈstenʃn] | [uncountable, countable] extension (of something) the act of increasing the area of activity, group of people, etc. that is affected by something | 意味 | |
| lad | [læd] | 1. [countable] (old-fashioned or informal) a boy or young man2. the lads [plural] (British English, informal) a group of friends that a man works with or spends free time with | 意味 | |
| baffle | [ˈbæfl] | to confuse somebody completely; to be too difficult or strange for somebody to understand or explain | 意味 | |
| credible | [ˈkredəbl] | 1. that can be believed or trusted2. that can be accepted, because it seems possible that it could be successful | 意味 | |
| creditable | [ˈkredɪtəbl] | 1. of a quite good standard and deserving praise or approval2. morally good | 意味 | |
| accredited | [əˈkredɪtɪd] | 1. (of a person) officially recognized as something; with official permission to be something2. officially approved as being of an accepted quality or standard | 意味 | |
| intimidate | [ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪt] | intimidate somebody (into something/into doing something) to frighten or threaten somebody so that they will do what you want | 意味 | |
| intrigue | [ɪnˈtriːɡ] | 1. [transitive] to make somebody very interested and want to know more about something2. [intransitive] intrigue (with somebody) (against somebody) (formal) to secretly plan with other people to harm somebody | 意味 | |
| confiscate | [ˈkɒnfɪskeɪt] | confiscate something to officially take something away from somebody, especially as a punishment | 意味 |
