#2 語彙の用例: venerate, expedite, scoff, revile
venerate
高齢者とか身分の高い人を敬うという意味らしい。類義語は revere, worship, adore, be in awe of , esteem などがありそう。
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be (widely) venerated as 何々
実例
#WOTD venerate:
— Cambridge Dictionary (@CambridgeWords) December 5, 2012
Robert Burns is Scotland's most venerated poet. http://t.co/r4A6sGBb
Pope Francis says he wishes to consecrate the Virgin Mary “in a particular way the Ukrainian people and the Russian people with filial affection, venerate her as a Mother.”https://t.co/YQhDxxNJFe
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 26, 2022
語注： filial affection (親に孝行しようとする気持ち)
Cambridge dictionary のアカウントが有益な情報をツイートしていたのでメモ。
🤴 'Revere' and 'venerate' are formal words meaning to admire and respect someone very much and think they are special. 'Adulate' has a similar meaning, and is used especially when the admiration is more than is deserved.
— Cambridge Dictionary (@CambridgeWords) December 10, 2021
expedite
speed up とか facilitate と同義。ラテン語由来で、足枷から足を自由にするという意味らしい。OED (s.v. expedite, v) によれば ‘to free (a person's) feet from fetters と書かれていた。「足」関係だと pedal もそうだよなあ。足が自由になって遠くまで歩くのを expedition (旅行，遠征)という。
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expedite the process
expedite the processing of 何々
expedite the development of 何々
expedite the review of 何々
streamline (or facilitate) and expedite 何々
実例
The legislation, which the Senate passed in a 94-1 vote, directs the Dept. of Justice to expedite the review of Covid-related hate crimes that were reported to law enforcement agencies and help them establish ways to report such incidents online and perform public outreach.
— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 18, 2021
The Biden administration is preparing to unveil as early as this week a plan to expedite and streamline the resettlement of some Ukrainian refugees in the U.S., according to three sources familiar with the plan. https://t.co/7kk2NOQlih
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 23, 2022
‘This is a country that’s devalued refugees and immigrants and treated them essentially as criminals when that’s not the case at all’ — This journalist says the Trump admin is using COVID-19 to expedite family separation pic.twitter.com/vC0y7xgfF7
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) September 27, 2020
たくさんあるけどこれくらいで。
scoff
これは意味が2つあるらしく、ひとつは「誰かの考えなどを馬鹿にする」(= mock / jeer at 何々 / make fun of 何々)というもの。もうひとつは「がつがつ食べる」。なんでこんなにも違うんや。OED (scoff, n.2) によれば、２つめの意味は元々 South African English らしい。2つめの意味の時は、イギリス英語では scoff だけど、アメリカ英語だと scarf になるみたい。ややこしや。
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scoff at the idea / notion / suggestion of (one's) doing
A is nothing to scoff at (Aを真剣に受け止めないといけないという表現)
実例
#wotd scoff: I baked a huge cake this morning, and the kids scoffed the lot. http://ow.ly/1b7oI
— Cambridge Dictionary (@CambridgeWords) March 7, 2010
Russians scoff at intel report on U.S. election hacking: https://t.co/6HZua5mS3Z
— CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) January 8, 2017
3) 20 kids dying a week is nothing to scoff at. https://t.co/2Hxf3Hrxvy
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) October 8, 2021
revile
damn / belittle / lambast / roast / speak ill of … / abuse / insult / lash out at (or against) などと同意語。
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revile 人 for 何々 (何々が理由で人がののしられる)
revile 人 behind one's back (人を裏でののしる)
revile 人 as 何々
実例
Tunisians still revile ousted President, but yearn for the good old days of a strongman: http://t.co/vK2v50liHI #Tunisia
— The Christian Science Monitor (@csmonitor) April 24, 2013
Many Russians revile him, but Mikhail Gorbachev has something to say https://t.co/KJWj20mhk0 pic.twitter.com/c1vPqUfEO3
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 2, 2016
Pablo Escobar’s legend is a point of tension in Medellín. Many, perhaps most, in the city revile him as a homicidal fanatic who turned the town into a free-fire zone.
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) October 10, 2022
The sight of tourists wearing Escobar T-shirts is especially repulsive to many. https://t.co/r4tQgulexT