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.152-5を参照。
今回、間違えたのは以下の表現:
977. | If you are travelling at Christmas, Worldwide Insurance provides generous discounts for couples and families. We allow for even last minute planning. | |
人気のない美しい景色を満喫できるカナダの山をハイキングするほど素敵なものは無い。 | ||
978. | It was, rather, the absence of decisive government intervention that caused the Great Depression of 1929. | |
1929年の大恐慌を引き起こしたのは、むしろ、政府の決定的な介入が無かったためであった。 | ||
981. | The law minister said that he would even contemplate legal action if there was any evidence that their blatant disregard of law had been initially prepared. | |
法務大臣は、もし彼らの露骨な法の無視が最初から意図されていたものであったという証拠があれば、法的な手段に訴えることもあると言った。 | ||
982. | It was reported that the smuggling ring would take illegal aliens into Japan for fees of 200,000 yen each. | |
その密輸入グループは不法外国人を日本に1人20万円の費用で入国させると報道された。 | ||
983. | The law-enforcement officials listened in as the criminals phoned their friends and associates. | |
法執行当局は、犯人たちが友人や仲間に電話を掛けるとき盗聴した。 | ||
984. | Almost all mountains in Japan are now explorable on foot; there you can still enjoy the unspoiled wilderness. | |
ほとんどの日本の山は歩いて登頂できるようになったが、そこではまだ手付かずの自然を楽しむことができる。 | ||
986. | On this Pacific island, you can rent one of the villas, which come fully staffed with maid service and meal services. | |
この太平洋の島では、ヴィラの1つを借りることができますが、それは完全なメイドのサービスと食事のサービスが付いています。 | ||
989. | Today more than 20 million prescriptions for antidepressants are filled each year in Japan. | |
今日、日本では毎年2,000万以上の鬱病の処方箋が調剤されている。 | ||
990. | Abroad a Japan Airlines flight, I happened to be seated among a group of Japanese business magnates en route to a business meeting in Singapore. | |
日航機に乗っているとき、私は偶然、シンガポールでのビジネス会議へ行く途中の日本の大物ビジネスマンの間に座ることになった。 | ||
992. | You have raised what we might call a central issue in contemporary spiritual matters: that is, Buddhism be reconciled with affluence? | |
現代の精神界における重要と言える問題は君は持ち出したが、すなわち、仏教と豊かさは調和し得るかという事だ。 | ||
993. | Here's a list of construction firms that we feel are qualified to do what needs to be done. | |
ここに、やる必要のあることをする資格があると我々が思える建設会社のリストがあります。 | ||
995. | I attended schools and university that were highly concerned with academic success, particularly in science and humanities. | |
私は学術面での業績、特に科学と人文科学の業績を重視する学校、大学に通った。 | ||
1000. | Whatever career you want to pursue or whatever future you are mapping out, you'd better not programme everything. Many great persons did not know what to do with their lives at 21 or 22. | |
いかなる仕事をしたくても、または如何なる将来を考えているとしても、すべてを計画に取り入れるようなことはしない方がよい。多くの偉大な人たちは21歳または22歳ぐらいのとき、自分の人生をどうするか分かっていなかった。 |
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. 51-3まででの用法について*1。
The rate of change has been accelerated much that before we have time to adjust ourselves to new conditions they in their turn have been outdated. | |
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変化の速度があまりにも速くなっているので、新たな状況に自分たちが順応する暇も無いうちに今度はその状況の方が時代遅れになってしまう。 | |
A doctor is familiar with most of the things that can happen to minds and bodies that little can startle him. | |
医者は心身に起こり得ることの大部分に非常に詳しいため、たいていのことには驚かない。 | |
is the pleasure you give that you cannot come too often. | |
貴方が下さる喜びが大きいから、何度も来てくださって結構です。 | |
An incident happened to me in the lake of Lausanne. I record this incident that it be a warning to others | |
ローザンヌ湖で私の身にある事件が起こった。私は他の人への警告になり得ると思ってこの事件を記録した。 |
辞書を引いた語彙
辞書は
またはを引いています。単語
語彙 |
発音記号 |
意味・内容 |
調べた理由 |
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contemplate | [ˈkɒntəmpleɪt] | 1. [transitive] to think about whether you should do something, or how you should do something2. [transitive] to think carefully about and accept the possibility of something happening3. [transitive, intransitive] contemplate (something) (formal) to think deeply about something for a long time4. [transitive] contemplate somebody/something (formal) to look at somebody/something in a careful way for a long time | 意味 | |
meditate | [ˈmedɪteɪt] | 1. [intransitive] to focus your mind, usually in silence, especially for religious reasons or in order to make your mind calm2. [intransitive] meditate (on/upon something) (formal) to think deeply about something3. [transitive] meditate something (formal) to plan something in your mind; to consider doing something | 意味 | |
ponder | [ˈpɒndə(r)] | to think about something carefully for a period of time | 意味 | |
smuggle | [ˈsmʌɡl] | smuggle something/somebody (+ adv./prep.) to take, send or bring goods or people secretly and illegally into or out of a country, etc. | 意味 | |
unspoiled | [ˌʌnˈspɔɪld] | 1. (of a place) beautiful because it has not been changed or built on2. (of a person) not made unpleasant, badly behaved, etc. by being praised too much | 意味 | |
untoward | [ˌʌntəˈwɔːd] | unusual and unexpected, and usually unpleasant | 意味 | |
bedridden | [ˈbedrɪdn] | having to stay in bed all the time because you are sick, injured or old | 意味 | |
antidepressant | [ˌæntidɪˈpresnt] | a drug used to treat the illness depression | 意味 | |
prophetic | [prəˈfetɪk] | 1. correctly stating or showing what will happen in the future2. like or connected with a prophet or prophets | 意味 | |
infallibility | [ɪnˌfæləˈbɪləti] | the fact that somebody/something is never wrong or never fails | 意味 | |
capricious | [kəˈprɪʃəs] | 1. showing sudden changes in attitude or behaviour2. changing suddenly and quickly | 意味 |