【The Guardian】History shows that the Conservatives can’t hold back social change

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History shows that the Conservatives can’t hold back social change | Andy Beckett

Tory election victories haven’t prevented many British people becoming more liberal in their social attitudes, says the ...

イラストが可愛かったので読んでみた。

disheartening
legitimate
smear
short-lived
prove
And yet

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.
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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.
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smear

意味　名誉毀損, 中傷.

The smears worked.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Britain is a country that likes to say it doesn’t like change. But it rarely stays the same.
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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！