stage a walkout / comforting / file / hold / faulty / yearlong / bleak / refugee

おはようございます。KANOです。今回調べた単語はこちら。

stage a walkout
comforting
file
hold
faulty
yearlong
bleak
refugee

stage a walkout

意味　ストライキを行う; (会議を) 退席する.

Google workers in London stage walkout over cuts
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/04/tech/google-workers-walkout-london/index.html

Google workers in London stage walkout over job cuts | CNN Business

Hundreds of Google employees staged a walkout at the company’s London offices on Tuesday, following a dispute over layof...

ほう！この表現面白い！
IT企業のレイオフ続いてるけど、AI実用化でごそっと不要部門減らしてるんだろうなぁ…。人気業界だから（飲食と違って）必要になったらまたすぐ補充できるもんなぁ。

comforting

意味　〈言葉· しぐさなどが〉ほっとさせる, 安心させる, 慰めになる

Amid school shootings, some comforting data on school violence
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/03/opinions/violence-in-schools-data-astor/index.html

Opinion: While school shootings spread fear, there is some comforting data on school violence | CNN

If we heed what the research is telling us, I believe we can reduce school victimization and create a truly safe, suppor...

よくあるcomfortable（快適な）の意味しか浮かばなかった…なるほどなーこの意味も早く覚えたい。

file

意味　＜離婚· 破産などを＞申請する, 申し込む＜for＞

Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit files for bankruptcy
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/04/business/virgin-orbit-bankruptcy/index.html

Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit files for bankruptcy | CNN Business

Virgin Orbit, the rocket company founded by British billionaire Richard Branson, has filed for bankruptcy in the United ...

まさにそのまんまの意味があるんだなぁ。って前も調べた気がするけど！

hold

意味　〈人〉を留置 [逮捕, 拘留] する;

Two of three British men being held by Taliban allowed call with families
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65156379

Two of three British men being held by Taliban allowed call to families

Kevin Cornwell, 53, and an unnamed man were said to have spoken "freely" during the phone call.

faulty

意味　〈機械· 器具などが〉誤った, 欠陥のある

Tesla Semi recalled for faulty parking brakes
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/31/business/tesla-semi-recall/index.html

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/31/business/tesla-semi-recall/index.html

車全く興味ないけど、こんな形の車怖くて乗れないわwテスラ車とかよく乗るなぁ…。

yearlong

意味　[[名]の前で]1 年続く, 1 年間の.

North Carolina set to become 40th state to expand Medicaid after yearslong battle
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/23/politics/north-carolina-medicaid-expansion/index.html

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/23/politics/north-carolina-medicaid-expansion/index.html

これさ…yearlongだと単数で、yearslongだと複数年に渡るのね…最初yearslongだと辞書検索できなかったから諦めるとこだったよ。なるほどなー。

bleak

意味　〈状況が〉喜べない, よくなる見込みのない

The bleak reality of gun violence isn’t hopeless
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/01/opinions/history-of-gun-control-legislation-zelizer/index.html

Opinion: The reality of gun violence in the US is bleak, but history shows it’s not hopeless | CNN

We must reject the notion that passing gun control legislation is impossible, writes Julian Zelizer. History shows that ...

refugee

意味　[C] （戦争· 災害などによる）難民, 避難民; 亡命者

Braverman says Rwanda is safe despite evidence of refugee killings
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65153807

Suella Braverman says Rwanda is safe for migrants despite evidence of 2018 killings

The home secretary is challenged over evidence that refugees were shot dead by police there in 2018.

何度か調べたことあるんだけどな…少し見かけないとすぐ忘れてしまう。