D2 - Disaster

Question 1

vow

Answer 1

맹세, 서약, 맹세,서약하다.

President Park Geun-hye of South Korea vowed on Monday to disband her country’s Coast Guard, saying that South Korea owed “reform and a great transformation” to hundreds of high school students who died in a ferry disaster last month.

Question 2

disband

Answer 2

(조직을[이]) 해체[해산]하다

Question 3

owe ; owe it to sht; owing to

Answer 3

1. (돈을) 빚지고 있다
2. ~ sth to sb | ~ sb sth 신세를 지고 있다, (특히 남의 은혜를 입었으므로) …해야 하다[한다고 생각하다]
3. ~ sth to sb/sth | ~ sb sth ~(의 존재・성공)은 ~ 덕분이다, ~을 ~에게 빚지다[신세지다]
4. ~때문에, 이유로

Question 4

heartfelt

Answer 4

진심 어린

Ms. Park offered a “heartfelt apology” for having failed to prevent the sinking of the ferry Sewol on April 16 and for the Coast Guard’s bungling of rescue operations.

Question 5

bungle

Answer 5

…을 엉망으로[서투르게] 하다

Question 6

contrition

Answer 6

[U] (죄를) 뉘우침, 회오; [신학] 회개

Ms. Park’s nationally televised speech on Monday was her clearest expression of public contrition.

Question 7

detain

Answer 7

1. (경찰서・교도소 ・병원 등에) 구금[억류]하다
2. (격식) (어디에 가지 못하게) 붙들다, 지체하게 하다

The police detained more than 200 people who had tried to march on her office, calling on her to step down.

Question 8

march on something

Answer 8

(시위·공격하기 위해) …로 행진하다

Question 9

list

Answer 9

1. [자동사][V] 배가 한쪽으로 기울다
2. (美) (팔 물건으로) 내놓다[나와 있다]
3. [타동사][VN] 리스트[목록/명단/일람표]에 언급하다[포함시키다]
4. 열거하다

The vast majority of the dead and missing were students trapped in the dangerously listing ferry after its crew repeatedly urged them to stay put.

Question 10

stay put

Answer 10

(있던 자리에) 그대로[가만히] 있다; stay where you are; not travel, escape, look for another job, etc

Question 11

collusive (ties between)

Answer 11

공모한, 결탁한

collusive ties between businesses and government regulators

Question 12

spawn

Answer 12

1. [자,타동사][V, VN] 물고기・개구리 등이 알을 낳다
2. [타동사][VN] (흔히 못마땅함) (어떤 결과・상황을) 낳다

It had spawned lax regulatory enforcement and an easy acceptance of poor safety standards throughout the society.

Question 13

lax

Answer 13

[형용사] (못마땅함) (일・규칙・기준 등에 대해) 느슨한[해이한]

Question 14

regulatory enforcement

Answer 14

규제집행, 규제집행절차

Question 15

entrench

Answer 15

(때로 못마땅함) (변경이 어렵도록) 단단히 자리 잡게 하다

Her country’s deeply entrenched culture of “kkiri kkiri,”

Question 16

rule

Answer 16

1. GIVE OFFICIAL DECISION | ~ (on sth) (공식적으로) 결정[판결]을 내리다
2. DRAW STRAIGHT LINE | [V-N] (자를 대고) 줄을 긋다

it was ruled safe to sail by the Korean Shipping Association

Question 17

lobby

Answer 17

1. (정치적) 압력 단체
   2,정치로비, 장소로비

a lobby for the industry that was also in charge of inspecting the safety of ships.

Question 18

plague

Answer 18

1. (한동안 고통・문제로) 괴롭히다
2. (요구・부탁 등으로) 성가시게 하다

Critics have said that virtually all other industries are plagued by what Ms. Park called “bureaucratic mafia”

Question 19

cushy

Answer 19

(비격식 흔히 못마땅함) 수월한

: government officials taking cushy jobs in the industries they used to regulate.

Question 20

perk

Answer 20

(격식 per・quis・ite) [주로 복수로] (급료 이외의) 특전

Such jobs are reconsidered important perks for retiring government officials, who then shield the industries from regulators.

Question 21

call for

Answer 21

1. (공식적으로) 요구하다
2. ~을 필요로 하다

She also called for the revision of the criminal code to increase punishments drastically for those who endanger the lives of many people.

Question 22

criminal code

Answer 22

[법] 형사법(규); 형사 법전 ; 형법

Question 23

the National Assembly

Answer 23

국회

Question 24

confiscate

Answer 24

몰수[압수]하다

Ms. Park also proposed a special law to allow the government to search and confiscate the assets of Chonghaejin Marine Company.

Question 25

call on

Answer 25

요청하다, 촉구하다; 시키다; 방문하다.
to make a serious or urgent request to somebody to do something

200 people who had tried to march on her office, calling on her to step down.