おはようございます。KANOです。
本日はこちらの記事から。
だいぶ前の話題ですが。最近は日本に限らず、過去に一つでも傷があると全面NGな風潮で気持ち悪いですね。
spawn
意味 (しばしばけなして)〈多くのもの〉を発生させる, 引き起こす
The casting news immediately spawned the Jeopardy in-joke “Who Is Mike Richards?”
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assume
意味 〈役割· 責任· 債務など〉を引き受ける (undertake)
In 2007, he auditioned to host The Price Is Right before assuming the role of executive producer instead.
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scandal-laden
意味 スキャンダル満載の
After all, the game show originally launched in the ’60s as a more honest alternative to the scandal-laden trivia contests of the ’50s.
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reputations
意味 評判
In its decades-long run, the show has had only two main hosts — original host Art Fleming and longtime host Trebek, each with reputations that matched the show’s largely scandal-free record.
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discriminate
意味 <人などに対して> 差別 (待遇) する ＜against＞
One suit, filed by former The Price Is Right model Brandy Cochran against the show’s production team in 2010, saw Cochran win $7.7 million in damages after the court found the production team had discriminated against her and then fired her for getting pregnant.
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mock
意味 (ややかたく) （冷たい言葉· 相手のまねで）…をあざける, ばかにする, あざ笑う
In still more episodes, he mocked people on food stamps, welfare, and anyone who takes money from the government.
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