brace oneself (for A) / devastation / clue / altitude / mercenary / cover up / nuisance

おはようございます。KANOです。今回調べた単語はこちら。

brace oneself (for A)
devastation
clue
altitude
mercenary
cover up
nuisance

brace oneself (for A)

意味　 (A〈事〉に対して) 覚悟する, 備える

New Zealand braces for its most intense tropical cyclone since the 1990s
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/10/weather/new-zealand-tropical-cyclone-flooding-intl/index.html

New Zealand braces for its most intense tropical cyclone since the 1990s | CNN

New Zealand is bracing for its most intense tropical cyclone since the 1990s. Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle is heading towa...

devastation

意味　破壊, 壊滅 (状態); 廃墟 (ruin).

Inside Aleppo: BBC sees devastation after quake
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-64597879

Inside Aleppo: BBC sees devastation after quake

The BBC is one of the first international outlets to report from the historic Syrian city.

clue

意味　手がかり, 糸口, きっかけ

The US discovered a tracking method for China’s spy balloons by ‘piecing together’ different clues
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/10/politics/us-balloon-tracking-method/index.html

Exclusive: US developed method to track China’s spy balloon fleet within last year, sources say | CNN Politics

The US intelligence community has developed a method to track China’s fleet of surveillance balloons that was only disco...

この単語の意味が分かって始めて’piecing together’「（手がかりの）ピースをつなぎ合わせて」なのねって分かった。こういうのあるから、返り読み癖つくのよなぁー。

altitude

意味　[C][通例 an [the] ～]（山· 飛行機などの）高度

High-altitude object shot down over Alaska, US says
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-64605447

High-altitude object shot down off Alaska, US says

A sidewinder missile fired by an F-22 warplane blew up the object of unknown origin, the US says.

また中国か？日本は見ないふりするけど米国は即断するのさすがやね。

mercenary

意味　（外国人）傭兵 .

Wagner mercenary group says it’s no longer recruiting convicts. This may signal a shift in strategy
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/09/europe/wagner-russia-convicts-ukraine-intl-cmd/index.html