2020 October Ja-En Flashcards

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紫綬褒章

(読み)しじゅほうしょう

日本の褒章の一つ。学術、芸術、技術開発等の功労者を対象とし、スポーツで顕著な業績を上げた人も含まれる。記章及びメダルの綬(リボン)は紫色。

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Medal with Purple Ribbon

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首席補佐官

メドウズ米大統領首席補佐官

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 Chief of Staff

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実務者協議

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working-level talks

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In years gone by, the sight of a pope celebrating Mass ad orientem would drive liturgical progressives apoplectic. But today one hears not a peep even from the Praytell people who are a sad group to say the least.

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apoplectic 【形】

〈話〉〔顔を真っ赤にして〕激怒した

〈古〉《医》卒中の[に関する]◆【名】apoplexy

発音æ̀pəplε’ktik、カナアパプレクティク

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主治医

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attending physician

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This is a suburb of Johnstown, located in the southwest corner of Cambria County, on the foothills of the Laurel Mountains.

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山麓

  1. base of a mountain
  2. foot of mountain
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In Cambria County his (President Trump’s) popularity is so intense, the area has gone from a dominant Democratic stronghold to now having more registered GOP voters.

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  1. 〔戦いの〕要塞、とりで、牙城・That city is the opposition’s last stronghold. : あの都市が敵の最後の牙城である。
  2. 〔活動などの〕拠点、本拠地
  3. 避難[生息]場所、最後の拠り所

音声を聞くレベル11、発音[US] strɔ́ŋhòuld | [UK] strɔ́ŋhə̀uld、カナ[US]ストゥロングホウルドゥ、[UK]ストゥロングハウルドゥ、変化《複》strongholds、分節strong・hold

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He (Trump) did win just enough of them in suburbs in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Michigan and Florida to help him eke out victories across those battlegrounds.

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eke out

〔生活を〕辛うじてやりくりしている

  1. eke out a __% increase 何とか_%増える[の増加を達成する]
  2. eke out a bare living 暮らしを一時的にしのぐ、口しのぎをする
  3. eke out a compromise 何とか妥協する
  4. eke out a draw どうにか引き分けに持ち込む
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Muller, 43, who lives with her husband and two young children in Wauwatosa, says Trump’s gruff manner isn’t ideal, but the contrived fit of the vapors by the media to anything he says, gruff or not, is what really irks her.

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gruff

  1. しわがれ声の、どら声の
  2. 〔口調などが〕荒々しい
  3. 〔態度などが〕粗雑な、荒々しい、ぶっきらぼうな、つっけんどんな

irk

  1. 〔人を〕立腹させる、イライラさせる
    * Crowded train always irks me! : 電車が込んでるといつもイライラする!

発音[US] ə́rk | [UK] ə́ːk、カナアーク、変化《動》irks | irking | irked

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前例踏襲

前例に倣うこと。先例を踏襲すること。

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like the pot calling the kettle black

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《be ~》目くそ鼻くそを笑う

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trapezius

《解剖》僧帽筋

発音trəpíːziəs、カナトゥラピーズィアス、分節tra・pe・zi・us

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trapezius

《解剖》僧帽筋

発音trəpíːziəs、カナトゥラピーズィアス、分節tra・pe・zi・us

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put one’s foot down

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  1. 足を踏みしめて立つ、てこでも動かない 〈比喩〉断固として譲らない[許さない]、強く反対する
    ・Peter had to put his foot down when his roommate brought home a dog.
    ・I never put my foot down about anything.
    ・Jim’s mother put her foot down and demanded he should be home by 10 P.M.
    ・He put his foot down on the smoking issue and banned all smoking.

2.〔車を〕加速する

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過激派

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  • bolshevik
  • Bolshevik
  • extremist
  • an extremist faction
  • lunatic fringe(政治・社会運動などにおける)
  • militant(大義のための)
  • rad〈俗〉〔radicalの省略形〕
  • radical
  • radical extremist
  • radical party
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中核派

革命的共産主義者同盟全国委員会(通称、中核派)は、革共同系の日本の新左翼党派の一つ。他称は、当初は本多派、前進派など。2007年の関西派(革共同再建協議会)との対立とその離脱以降は、中央派、党中央、安田派などとも呼ばれる。

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政調会長

政党における「政調会」(政務調査会または政策調査会)の運営担当者。政調会の役員として業務執行に携わる。

政調会では選挙公約(マニフェスト)において宣言した政策の立案などを行う。政調会長は国会審議の調整を行ったり、政策の優先度を吟味したりといった取り仕切りを担う。

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  • chairman of the Policy Research Council
  • policy chief
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herd immunity

The doctors endorse the same strategy followed by Sweden’s government in fighting the virus, known as herd immunity. As more people from less at-risk populations get the virus and build up an immunity, the threat of the virus to society at large falls.

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集団免疫

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養蚕

蚕を飼い育て、繭をとること。こがい。「養蚕家」

繭(読み)まゆ(英語表記)cocoon

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sericulture

養蚕, 蚕業

silkworm culture

養蚕

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for one’s own good

1 : being or done for the benefit of oneself

  • I know you don’t want to do this, but it’s for your own good.

2 : resulting in harm to oneself

  • They talk too much for their own good.
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too ~ for one’s own good

~過ぎて自分のためにならない

  • Your curiosity will kill you. You’re too smart for your own good. : その好奇心が身を滅ぼすよ。小ざかしいのは身のためにならないぞ。
  • too clever for one’s own good: 《be ~》賢さが度を超して自分のためにならない
  • too cute for one’s own good 《be ~》めちゃくちゃかわいい、かわい過ぎる
  • You’re too cute for your own good. :  あなたは、かわい過ぎますよ。/そんなにかわいくてどうするの。
  • too honest for one’s own good 《be ~》ばか正直で嫌われる
  • too much for one’s own good 自分のためにならないほど〔~する〕
  • too proud for one’s own good 《be ~》誇りが高過ぎて本人[自分自身]のためにならない、プライドが高過ぎるのが欠点である
  • too sensitive for one’s own good 《be ~》デリケート過ぎる
  • too smart for one’s own good 《be ~》賢さが度を超して自分のためにならない
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run into a buzz saw

Example: The bill ran into a buzz saw of opposition from labor groups after it was introduced, and it finally died in committee.

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to encounter severe and unexpected problems

Example: The bill ran into a buzz saw of opposition from labor groups after it was introduced, and it finally died in committee.

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