📰新聞の単語

Question 1

aid

Answer 1

= help: 助ける

This new medicine may aid your discovery.

Question 2

axe

Answer 2

= cut, remove

Question 3

bar

Answer 3

= exclude, forbid: 除外する、阻止する

All foreign journalists were barred from entering Korean.

Question 4

bid

Answer 4

= attempt: 〜しようとする
bid to host the next Olympics
次のオリンピック開催に名乗りを上げる

Question 5

blast

Answer 5

= explosion: 爆発

The blasts were apparently caused by car bombs.

Question 6

head

Answer 6

= manager, director: 長、かしら

the head chef

Question 7

curb

Answer 7

= restraint, limit: 抑制
Put a curb on one’s spending
支出を抑える

Question 8

drama

Answer 8

= tense situation: 劇的な状況

full of drama 波乱万丈

Question 9

drive

Answer 9

= campaign, effort: 運動、衝動、意欲、やる気

He has drive. やる気満々

Question 10

gems

Answer 10

= jewels: 宝石

an antique gem 骨董（こっとう）の宝石

Question 11

go-ahead

Answer 11

= approval: 許可

I finally got the go-ahead from my father to buy a smartphone.

Question 12

ordeal

Answer 12

= painful experience: つらい経験

the ordeal of losing a job

Question 13

oust

Answer 13

= push out: 追い出す

be ousted as president

Question 14

plea

Answer 14

= request: 嘆願する

make a plea for help 援助を嘆願する

Question 15

pledge

Answer 15

= promise: 堅い約束、誓約

honour/ keep a pledge 約束を果たす

Question 16

ploy

Answer 16

= clever activity: （人をだます）策略

Question 17

prove

Answer 17

= investigation: 調査する
I don’t want to probe too deeply into your personal affairs.
あなたの私事をそんなに詮索する気はありません。

Question 18

strife

Answer 18

= conflict: 争い

For three centuries China experienced civil strife.

Question 19

wed

Answer 19

= Marty: 結婚する

The couple wed last month.

Question 20

PM=

Answer 20

= Prime minister