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aggravated
意味 [[名]の前で][法] 凶悪な〈犯罪〉
Rapes, aggravated assaults and thefts from and of cars are also well above levels in 2020.
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remain C
意味 〈人· 物· 事が〉C〈状態〉のままである, 相変わらず C である （ C は[名][形][分詞]など）
The reasons why murder rates are on the rise nationally remain unclear.
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苦手な単語。「動詞…だっけ？動詞…だよな…？」って毎回自信なくなるw
criminologist
意味 犯罪学者
In fact criminologists are still debating why crime fell in the 1990s and 2000s.
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unoccupied
意味 働いていない; ひまな.
The pandemic closed schools and other institutions, leaving young people unoccupied and anxious.
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albeit
意味 (かたく)[従属接続詞]…だけれども (although); たとえ…でも (even though).
But violent-crime rates were rising, albeit more slowly than over the past 14 months, even before the covid-19 epidemic began, beginning in 2014.
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初見な気がする単語。althoughでいいじゃん…w
gradual
意味 〈変化· 推移などが〉だんだんの, 徐々の; 〈方法などが〉漸次 [漸進] 的な
In other words, even if the pandemic is partly responsible for the homicide spike, any post-pandemic decline may well be gradual.
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salience
意味 顕著な点, 特色.
As a result, crime now has a political salience that it has not had in years.
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発音は /séɪliəns/。しかし難しいなーこの記事。
poised
意味 [be ～]〈組織· 物などが〉＜…の/…する＞ 準備が整って; ＜…を/…＞ しようとして ＜for/to do＞
He is poised to become Pittsburgh’s first black mayor.
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