今日のBBC英語ニュースの頻出単語
Umbrella (15 回使われました) (Level 1)
Pronunciation: UK /ʌmˈbrel.ə/ US /ʌmˈbrel.ə/
日本語 (Japanese):
傘(かさ),こうもり傘,雨傘,日傘 / (一般に,傘状の)保護物,影響力
中国话 (Simplifized)：伞 (Sǎn)
漢語 (Traditional)：傘
[ㄙㄢˇ]
(Sǎn)
例文1 (1st sample sentense):
Umbrella companies stand between agency workers and their clients, processing client payments and dealing with tax and National Insurance.
例文2 (2nd sample sentense):
Umbrella companies emerged in the late 1990s as a service for better-paid agency workers.
Mustard (12 回使われました) (Level 3)
Pronunciation: UK /ˈmʌs.təd/ US /-tɚd/
日本語 (Japanese):
カラシ(アブラナ属の植物の総称) / マスタード,粉(練り)からし
中国话 (Simplifized)：芥末 (jièmò)
漢語 (Traditional)：芥末
[ㄐㄧㄝˋㄇㄛˋ]
(jièmò)
例文1 (1st sample sentense):
Mustard is the by-product of millions of years of evolutionary "warfare" between plants and butterflies.
例文2 (2nd sample sentense):
Inquiry launched mustard agent, or sulphur mustard - more commonly referred to as mustard gas - causes blistering of the skin, eyes and respiratory tract.
Unique (8 回使われました) (Level 3)
Pronunciation: UK /jʊˈniːk/ US /jʊˈniːk/
日本語 (Japanese):
『ただ一つしかない』,唯一[無二]の / 『比類のない』,無比の,卓絶した / 《話》『珍しい』(rare);独特の,特異な
中国话 (Simplifized)：独特 (dútè)
漢語 (Traditional)：獨特
[ㄉㄨˊㄊㄜˋ]
(dútè)
例文1 (1st sample sentense):
Unique attributes Palmyra was a great Middle Eastern achievement, and was unlike any other city of the Roman Empire.
例文2 (2nd sample sentense):
Unique habitats Higher extinction risks are predicted for Australia, New Zealand and South America, where there are many species adapted to live in habitats not found elsewhere.
Window (7 回使われました) (Level 1)
Pronunciation: UK /ˈwɪn.dəʊ/ US /-doʊ/
日本語 (Japanese):
『窓』;(銀行などの)窓口;(店の)飾り窓 / 『窓ガラス』(windowpane) / 窓状の物;(封筒のあて名を見えるようにした)窓
中国话 (Simplifized)：窗口 (chuāngkǒu)
漢語 (Traditional)：窗口
[ㄔㄨㄤㄎㄡˇ]
(chuāngkǒu)
例文1 (1st sample sentense):
Window panes and seat cushions found near Reunion had yet to be identified, he said.
例文2 (2nd sample sentense):
'window dressing' UKIP MP Douglas Carswell said that without action to address the free movement of labour within the European Union, all other measures to control immigration were "window dressing".
Praise (7 回使われました) (Level 2)
Pronunciation: UK /preɪz/ US /preɪz/
日本語 (Japanese):
〈U〉(…を)『ほめること』,(…の)『賞賛』《+『of』+『名』》 / 〈U〉《文》(詩・歌などで)(神への)賛美 / 《複数形で》ほめ言葉 / 《複数形で》《文》神をたたえる言葉(歌) / …‘を'『賞賛する』 / 《文》(詩・歌などで)〈神〉‘を'たたえる
中国话 (Simplifized)：赞 (zàn)
漢語 (Traditional)：贊
[ㄗㄢˋ]
(zàn)
例文1 (1st sample sentense):
Fans praise the minister's communication skills and willingness to listen.
例文2 (2nd sample sentense):
We must praise the bravery of the victim, who refused to allow Salah to get away with the original assault...
Patch (7 回使われました) (Level 3)
Pronunciation: UK /pætʃ/ US /pætʃ/
日本語 (Japanese):
(補修・補強のための)『つぎ当て』;当て布;当て板,当て金;(アップリケで縫いつけた)布切れ / (傷口などを覆う)『傷当て』 / (色などが周囲と区別できる)(…の)まだら,班点;断片,破片《+『of』+『名』》 / 小さな地面(畑) / (補修・補強のために)…‘に'『つぎ当てる』;(装飾のために)…‘に'当て布をする / …‘を'つぎ合わせて作る
中国话 (Simplifized)：补丁 (bǔdīng)
漢語 (Traditional)：補丁
[ㄅㄨˇㄉㄧㄥ]
(bǔdīng)
例文1 (1st sample sentense):
A patch for the flaw is already available, but many systems are yet to be updated.
例文2 (2nd sample sentense):
The patch comes less than a week after Microsoft closed another loophole in the same font-handling system.
Alien (7 回使われました) (Level 4)
Pronunciation: UK /ˈeɪ.li.ən/ US /ˈeɪ.li.ən/
日本語 (Japanese):
『外国の』,異国の;外国人の,在留外国人の / 《補語にのみ用いて》(…と)性質の異なる《+『from』(『to』)+『名』》 / 《補語にのみ用いて》(…と)相いれない,(…に)反する《+『to』+『名』》 / 異常な / (ある国に在住する)外国人,在留外国人;(citizenと区別して帰化してない)外国人
中国话 (Simplifized)：外侨 (wàiqiáo)
漢語 (Traditional)：外僑
[ㄨㄞˋㄑㄧㄠˊ]
(wàiqiáo)
例文1 (1st sample sentense):
The alien world could yield clues to the formation of our Solar System, which has an unusual lay-out.
例文2 (2nd sample sentense):
Our [potential] alien transmissions are going to be competing with your mobile handset for our attention, and it would be a tragedy if all we end up listening to are people's Facebook transmissions," says Prof Bailes.
Intense (7 回使われました) (Level 4)
Pronunciation: UK /ɪnˈtens/ US /ɪnˈtens/
日本語 (Japanese):
(感情・性質などが)『激しい』,強烈な,熱心な
中国话 (Simplifized)：激烈 (jīliè)
漢語 (Traditional)：激烈
[ㄐㄧㄌㄧㄝˋ]
(jīliè)
例文1 (1st sample sentense):
Intense political discussions conducted in Arabic are a new feature of recent years: frustrating for non-Arabic speakers, but a reflection of the demographic changes in London as a whole and particularly of the area neighbouring Hyde Park.
例文2 (2nd sample sentense):
Intense air battles raged as the German air force, the Luftwaffe, tried to defeat the RAF as precursor to a possible landing.
Postal (7 回使われました) (Level 4)
Pronunciation: UK /ˈpəʊ.stəl/ US /ˈpoʊ-/
日本語 (Japanese):
『郵便の』
中国话 (Simplifized)：邮政 (yóuzhèng)
漢語 (Traditional)：郵政
[ㄧㄡˊㄓㄥˋ]
(yóuzhèng)
例文1 (1st sample sentense):
Postal ballots need to be received by 10pm on 7 May.
例文2 (2nd sample sentense):
Postal voting is used by 15% of the electorate nationally - and voters do not have to give a reason why they want to vote this way.
Spray (7 回使われました) (Level 4)
Pronunciation: UK /spreɪ/ US /spreɪ/
日本語 (Japanese):
(花・葉・実をつけた)小枝;小枝形の装飾;小枝模様
中国话 (Simplifized)：喷 (pēn)
漢語 (Traditional)：噴
[ㄆㄣ]
(pēn)
例文1 (1st sample sentense):
Spray coming over would be frozen by the time it hit the ship.
例文2 (2nd sample sentense):
