便利な言い回し2

Question 1

話題にならない

Answer 1

left out of the conversation

Question 2

後継者になる

Answer 2

fill the shoes of

Question 3

容易に手に入る

Answer 3

up for grabs

Question 4

このニーズを満たすために

Answer 4

to meet this need,

Question 5

変化は最初は痛みを伴う

Answer 5

Change is painful at first, but

Question 6

会社を活性化する

Answer 6

invigorate the company

Question 7

強制的で賃金を支払われない残業を短縮する

Answer 7

curtail forced, unpaid overtime

Question 8

それは習慣である

Answer 8

It is customary

Question 9

昔からの習慣を取り除くのは難しい

Answer 9

It is hard to get rid of old habits

Question 10

コストを最小限にする

Answer 10

minimize costs

Question 11

競争力を維持する最良の方法

Answer 11

the best way to stay competitive

Question 12

経験豊富な人材を雇用する事で雇用主は研修に要する経費を節約する

Answer 12

By hiring experienced people, employers save money on training.

Question 13

この不況の中で人々は支出を抑えている

Answer 13

In this stagnant economy, people just aren’t spending much.

Question 14

売り上げは不振だ

Answer 14

Sales are slack

Question 15

不景気は底をつきそうだ

Answer 15

the recession is bottoming out

Question 16

経費削減計画を実行しなければならない

Answer 16

have to put the cost-cutting plan into practice

Question 17

共存と成長の道を見つけなければならない

Answer 17

must find a way to coexist and grow

Question 18

暗黙の了解に基づく

Answer 18

be based on tacit agreements

Question 19

契約をベースに

Answer 19

on a contractual basis

Question 20

気候変動は加速している

Answer 20

Climate change is accelerating (climate change は冠詞なし）

Question 21

規制策が早急に立法化されなくてはならない

Answer 21

Some restrictive measures have to be enacted soon

Question 22

罰則を伴う厳しい規制の対象とすべき

Answer 22

should be subject to strict punitive regulations

Question 23

政府が新しい政策を実行に移すべき時が来た

Answer 23

It’s time the government put into effect a new policy

Question 24

資源をリサイクルする方が環境へのダメージが少ない

Answer 24

Recycling resources is less damaging to our environment

Question 25

政府にとって不必要な支出を減らす

Answer 25

reduce unnecessary expenses for the government

Question 26

再処理した製品を使う

Answer 26

use reprocessed products

Question 27

一旦種が根絶されてしまうと不安定な状況が生じる。全生態系が変化してしまう

Answer 27

Once a species is eradicated, you have a precarious situation — the whole ecological system changes.

Question 28

何かしなくては。そしてそれは私たちから始めなければ。

Answer 28

Something must be done, and it must begin with us.

Question 29

私たちの生活に極めて微妙な形で影響を与えつつある新しい科学技術について真剣に問うべき時が来た。遺伝子工学もその１つだ。

Answer 29

It is time to seriously question some new scientific techniques that are affecting our lives in very subtle ways. Genetic engineering is one of those things.

Question 30

実行可能なプラン

Answer 30

a feasible plan

Question 31

過度な政府による管理も実際的ではない

Answer 31

too much government control is impractical.

Question 32

(認めたくはないが)確かに

Answer 32

Admittedly