おはようございます。KANOです。本日はこちらの記事から。
'Dead Souls' Is A Smart Book, In Some Ways A Good One — Also, It's Unreadable
English publisher and poet Sam Riviere's debut novel is a long monologue from a poet, disgraced for plagiarism, unburden...
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書評読みたいんですけど難しい。時事記事と交互に読むのが頭の体操によさそう。
rude
意味 (やや古/文)[[名]の前で]雑な作りの, 大ざっぱな; 素朴な
Riviere is sharp and funny, and he fills his novel with insights that are both rude and correct.
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調べたところ、rudeには「下品な、無礼な」という意味もあるけど、この文ではこの意味が一番合うかなと。
undeniably
意味 紛れもなく、間違いなく
It is undeniably a smart book, and, in certain ways, a good one.
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exclude
意味 除外する
It is certainly Riviere’s choice to exclude non-participants in Publishing World from Dead Souls.
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