今日のBBC英語ニュースの頻出単語
Chess (15 回使われました) (Level 4)
Pronunciation: UK /tʃes/ US /tʃes/
日本語 (Japanese):
チェス,西洋将棋
中国话 (Simplifized)：棋 (Qí)
漢語 (Traditional)：棋
[ㄑㄧˊ]
(Qí)
例文1 (1st sample sentense):
Chess grandmasters use between 6,000 and 7,000 calories a day when competing, Robert Sapolsky, professor of neurology at Stanford University, has said.
例文2 (2nd sample sentense):
Chess began in 6th Century India as a 64-square board game, called Chaturanga, with "elephants", "chariots" and "'infantrymen".
Occupation (12 回使われました) (Level 4)
Pronunciation: UK /ˌɒk.jʊˈpeɪ.ʃən/ US /ˌɑː.kjə-/
日本語 (Japanese):
〈C〉『職業』,仕事 / 〈C〉時間の使い方 / 〈U〉(…を)『占有すること』,(軍隊が)(…を)占領すること《+『of』+『名』》
中国话 (Simplifized)：职业 (zhíyè)
漢語 (Traditional)：職業
[ㄓˊㄧㄝˋ]
(zhíyè)
例文1 (1st sample sentense):
The occupation led to the first Gulf war in 1991 but Saddam Hussein remained in power until the second war more than 10 years later.
例文2 (2nd sample sentense):
Jo Pavey Occupation: Long-distance runner Honour: MBE for services to athletics Quote: "Everything has been a big surprise and to get something like an MBE is just another surprise - it's all so surreal.
Gangster (9 回使われました) (Level 4)
Pronunciation: UK /ˈɡæŋ.stər/ US /-stɚ/
日本語 (Japanese):
犯罪組織(ギャング)の一員
中国话 (Simplifized)：匪徒 (fěitú)
漢語 (Traditional)：匪徒
[ㄈㄟˇㄊㄨˊ]
(fěitú)
例文1 (1st sample sentense):
The Martin Scorsese gangster film Mean Streets also has significance for him as he proposed to wife Samantha during a screening of it.
例文2 (2nd sample sentense):
I didn't see him as a gangster," Al Pacino, who played Corleone, has said.
Fancy (7 回使われました) (Level 3)
Pronunciation: UK /ˈfæn.si/ US /ˈfæn.si/
日本語 (Japanese):
〈U〉(取りとめのない)『空想』,想像 / 空想したもの,根拠のない考え(意見) / 〈C〉(…に対する)『好み』(liking)《+『for』+『名』(do『ing』)》 / 『装飾的な』,意匠をこらした / 空想に基づく,気まぐれな / 《名詞の前にのみ用いて》(商品が)高級な,特選の,極上の / 《名詞の前にのみ用いて》《話》(値段が)法外な / 高度の技術の(を要する),こみ入った / 《名詞の前にのみ用いて》(動植物が)珍種の / …‘を'『空想する』,想像する(《米》imagine) / …‘を'『好む』 / 《『fancy doing』》…したい気がする / (なんとなく)…‘と'『思う』
中国话 (Simplifized)：花俏 (huā qiào)
漢語 (Traditional)：花俏
[ㄏㄨㄚㄑㄧㄠˋ]
(huā qiào)
例文1 (1st sample sentense):
Fancy" is essentially the same word as "fantasy", from the Greek phantasia, its meanings shading through appearance, opinion, enthusiasm for something - and sometimes delusion.
例文2 (2nd sample sentense):
The fancy" was a term for sport enthusiasts long before "fan" first appeared in US baseball circles in the 1880s.
Elephant (6 回使われました) (Level 1)
Pronunciation: UK /ˈel.ɪ.fənt/ US /ˈel.ɪ.fənt/
日本語 (Japanese):
『ゾウ』 / (共和党の象徴としての)象
中国话 (Simplifized)：象 (xiàng)
漢語 (Traditional)：象
[ㄒㄧㄤˋ]
(xiàng)
例文1 (1st sample sentense):
Elephants are large, wary and not easy to sample directly, but their dung provides an abundant source of the essential elephant blueprint; that tell-tale DNA.
例文2 (2nd sample sentense):
elephant conservationists say demand for ivory remains high Poachers have killed nearly half of Mozambique's elephants for their ivory in the past five years, says the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS).
Servant (6 回使われました) (Level 2)
Pronunciation: UK /ˈsɜː.vənt/ US /ˈsɝː-/
日本語 (Japanese):
(家事をする)『召使』,使用人 / 公務員,官吏,役人 / (…に)仕える者,(…の)下僕(しもべ)《+『of』+『名』》
中国话 (Simplifized)：仆人 (púrén)
漢語 (Traditional)：僕人
[ㄆㄨˊㄖㄣˊ]
(pú rén)
例文1 (1st sample sentense):
And My servant continues to draw nearer to Me with supererogatory [nawafil] prayers so that I shall love him.
例文2 (2nd sample sentense):
Ex-civil servant Lord Burns will head the cross-party review, with input from senior Tory and Labour politicians.
Toothpaste (6 回使われました) (Level 2)
Pronunciation: UK /ˈtuːθ.peɪst/ US /ˈtuːθ.peɪst/
日本語 (Japanese):
練り歯磨き
中国话 (Simplifized)：牙膏 (yágāo)
漢語 (Traditional)：牙膏
[ㄧㄚˊㄍㄠ]
(yágāo)
例文1 (1st sample sentense):
* * ## Did toothpaste sales rocket up as a result?
例文2 (2nd sample sentense):
Image caption Model Meg Smith demonstrated the toothpaste * * * ## Where did you watch it?
Announce (5 回使われました) (Level 2)
Pronunciation: UK /əˈnaʊns/ US /əˈnaʊns/
日本語 (Japanese):
…'を'『発表する』,公表する / …‘の'来訪(到着,出席)を大声で告げる;〈食事〉‘の'用意ができたことを大声で知らせる / 〈物事が〉…'を'示す / (ラジオ・テレビで)〈試合など〉‘の'アナウンスをする / アナウンサーとして勤める(働く)
中国话 (Simplifized)：公布 (gōngbù)
漢語 (Traditional)：公佈
[ㄍㄨㄥㄅㄨˋ]
(gōngbù)
例文1 (1st sample sentense):
We will announce deals at the appropriate time.
例文2 (2nd sample sentense):
Observation (5 回使われました) (Level 3)
Pronunciation: UK /ˌɒb.zəˈveɪ.ʃən/ US /ˌɑːb.zɚ-/
日本語 (Japanese):
〈U〉〈C〉(…を)『観察』(『注意』)『すること』;(…の)(特に,科学的)観察《+『of』+『名』》 / 〈U〉『観察力』,注意力 / 《複数形で》(…について)観察されたもの,(…の)観察記録《+『of』(『on』)+『名』》 / 〈C〉(観察に基づく)発言,意見《『observation on』(『about』)+『名』…についての意見》
中国话 (Simplifized)：意见 (yìjiàn)
漢語 (Traditional)：意見
[ㄧˋㄐㄧㄢˋ]
(yìjiàn)
例文1 (1st sample sentense):
observation The landlady at Herdersbrug Youth Hostel in Bruges, where the unaffected children were taken, told BBC Look North that four children would remain in hospital for observation tonight, with one teacher to supervise them.
例文2 (2nd sample sentense):
The observation of children's mistakes is essential to good teaching," adds Coe.
Airplane (4 回使われました) (Level 1)
Pronunciation: UK /ˈeə.pleɪn/ US /ˈer-/
日本語 (Japanese):
『飛行機』(《英》aeroplane)
中国话 (Simplifized)：飞机 (fēijī)
漢語 (Traditional)：飛機
[ㄈㄟㄐㄧ]
(fēijī)
例文1 (1st sample sentense):
The piece of an airplane wing will be tested in Toulouse, France, this week Malaysian experts have met French officials to co-ordinate investigations into missing flight MH370, days after suspected debris was found.
例文2 (2nd sample sentense):
Record commercial airplane deliveries to customers worldwide drove solid revenue growth, and the strength of our overall portfolio and diligent focus produced significant operating cash flow during the quarter," said Boeing president and chief executive Dennis Muilenburg said.
