おはようございます。KANOです。
本日はこちらの記事から。
政治系記事は難しくて辞書ひくどころじゃないけど、TOEIC勉強始めてから結構わかる単語が増えてきて嬉しい。
abceedをゆっくり続けるのが自分には合ってて、語学学習アプリへの苦手意識がなくなりました。TOEIC系本を紙で増やしたくないという理由から始めましたが合っててラッキーでした。
assumption
意味 [C] ＜…という/…についての＞ 仮定, 想定, 憶測, 仮説 ＜that 節/about＞ （[!]証拠はないが正しいと考えていることを暗示）
China regularly forces us to check our assumptions about how the world works.
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catch up with and overtake
意味 追いついて追い越す
These differences assume great significance in the race to catch up with and overtake the West in the development of leading-edge technologies.
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絵で思い浮かぶようになりたいなぁ。
extraordinary
意味 並外れた
Historically, the Chinese were extraordinary innovators, inventing paper, printing, the compass and gunpowder.
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theft
意味 盗難
While theft is an issue, every credible economic historian acknowledges that China’s behavior is no different from that of other developing countries.
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unimpeded
意味 妨げられない
An April 2021 report from the European Council on Foreign Relations explains that they create “a vast yet protected base for Chinese firms to grow unimpeded by the pressure of foreign competition — and, in turn, to enter foreign markets from a position of strength.”
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proficiency
意味 [U][C] ＜技術· 言語などの＞ 熟達
Protected companies generate revenue and can invest in future innovation, grow in scale and technical proficiency.
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restricted
意味 〈範囲· 数などが〉限られた, 限定された
The reach of the party/state is not restricted to SOEs.
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scrutinize
意味 精査する
That is why governments in Washington, Tokyo, London and Berlin (among others) have revised laws regulating foreign investment or created regulations to scrutinize university research.
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regime
意味 体制、政権
The collapse of the WTO regime, he warns, is a real danger.
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