おはようございます。KANOです。本日はこちらの記事から。
難しいけど面白いテーマ（ What is a human life worth? ）だったので読んでみた。挿絵もかわいい。まあこてんぱんにされましたけどw
be entitled to A
意味 〈人が〉A〈物〉を持つ資格 [権利] がある
Because Jones was a doctor and only forty years old, she would likely have earned a lot of money over the rest of her life, and her survivors would be entitled to it.
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recuperate
意味 回復する
If Jones had not been killed but hurt, and had to take four months off to recuperate, she would have been entitled to receive lost pay for those months.
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Stringent
意味 〈規則· 規準などが〉厳しい, 〈法律· 規制などが〉厳格な.
It is considering two main options; let’s call them More Stringent and Much More Stringent.
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stick with A
意味 従来通り (の方法で)A〈事〉をする, A〈物〉を使う.
Should the EPA stick with the current limits?
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regulator
意味 規制 [取り締まり] 官; （業務などの） 監視 [察] 官.
The reason is that regulators value a life at about $10 million.
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eliminate
意味 排除する
Suppose that with more stringent regulation, we could eliminate that risk completely.
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statistical
意味 統計上の
If the answer is $100 per person, then the value of a statistical life is $10 million ($100 multiplied by 100,000).
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この単語、意味が分かる文と分からない文がある…覚えきれてないだけだね。
come to the fore
意味 前面へ出る, 重要 [人気] になる
Questions of this kind have very much come to the fore during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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文意で予測できました。調べはしたものの意味合いは読み取れててよかった。
impose
意味 課す
Restrictions reduce deaths, but they also impose costs.
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