おはようございます。KANOです。本日はこちらの記事から。
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イラストが可愛かったので読んでみた。
disheartening
意味 (かたく)〈物事が〉がっかり [落胆, 失望] させる (ような).
Especially during long periods of Tory government, when disheartening electoral results and the exercise of rightwing power can feel almost like the whole of politics.
www.theguardian.com
legitimate
意味 合法的な, 法にかなった (legal)
What we consume; how families function; what we consider a legitimate sexual relationship; which words we use to talk about race.
www.theguardian.com
smear
意味 名誉毀損, 中傷.
The smears worked.
www.theguardian.com
格好いい単語だけど覚えられないわw 発音は /smɪər/ でこれまた格好いい。
short-lived
意味 短命
Yet this victory for social conservatism was short-lived.
www.theguardian.com
そのまんまの単語なんだけどね…難しい記事読んでると疲れちゃって、簡単なはずの単語類推もできなくなるー。TOEIC試験の最後のほうみたいな感じw
prove
意味 [[ prove (to be) C ]]〈人· 事が〉C であるとわかる [判明する] (turn out) (C は[名][形])
But since then they have in many ways been proved right.
www.theguardian.com
And yet
意味 それでも, しかし
And yet, as in the 80s, there are signs that social conservatism in Britain may be less solid than it seems.
www.theguardian.com
Britain is a country that likes to say it doesn’t like change. But it rarely stays the same.
www.theguardian.com
はぁー…格好いい文章だな!これで記事を締めるの格好いい!