今日のBBC英語ニュースの頻出単語 - Eigojan!!

August (1 回使われました) (Level 1)

Pronunciation: UK /ɔːˈɡʌst/ US /ɑː-/

日本語 (Japanese): 威厳のある,堂々とした / 身分の高い,尊い

中国话 (Simplifized)：八月 (Bā yuè)

例文1 (1^st sample sentense):

August is a dead news month - come the autumn there'll be a report from the competition watchdog on the workings of the banking sector, there'll be various other news coming out in the financial markets - so we don't know which way its going to go," he says.

(出典元: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-33769912 )

例文2 (2^nd sample sentense):

August 1985: The worst month for air disasters ## Last reel "Efforts needed to save the Futurist cinema in Liverpool," tweeted Joan Bakewell.

(出典元: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-33959647 )

Violet (1 回使われました) (Level 2)

Pronunciation: UK /ˈvaɪə.lət/ US /ˈvaɪə.lət/

日本語 (Japanese): {C}『スミレ』 / {U}『すみれ色』 / すみれ色の

中国话 (Simplifized)：紫色 (zǐsè)

漢語 (Traditional)：紫色 [ㄗˇㄙㄜˋ] (zǐsè)

例文1 (1^st sample sentense):

Violet McAfee, 44, was in the garden of a friend's house when three bikes crashed during the opening race.

(出典元: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-32777276 )

例文2 (2^nd sample sentense):

Violet McAfee took part in the cancer research Race for Life fundraising event in 2014 Organisers said the incident happened on the section of the course between York Corner and the Mill Road roundabout.

(出典元: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-32777276 )

Beaver (1 回使われました) (Level 4)

Pronunciation: UK /ˈbiː.vər/ US /-vɚ/

日本語 (Japanese): 〈C〉ビーバー,海狸(水中に巣を作るげっ歯類の動物) / 〈U〉ビーバーの毛皮 / 〈C〉ビーバーの毛皮製の帽子,(特に)シルクハット

中国话 (Simplifized)：海狸 (hǎilí)

漢語 (Traditional)：海狸 [ㄏㄞˇㄌㄧˊ] (hǎilí)

例文1 (1^st sample sentense):

Beaver was my first language.

(出典元: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-34667118 )

例文2 (2^nd sample sentense):

beaver colonies are doing well in Russia, aside from the occasional run-in with the police When signal wires were cut on Russia's Trans-Siberian Railway, police suspected metal thieves were to blame - but it turned out to be the work of beavers.

(出典元: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-33931602 )

Unkind (1 回使われました) (Level 4)

Pronunciation: UK /ʌnˈkaɪnd/ US /ʌnˈkaɪnd/

日本語 (Japanese): 『不親切な』,薄情な / (天候が)荒々しい,きびしい(harsh)

中国话 (Simplifized)：刻薄 (kèbó)

漢語 (Traditional)：刻薄 [ㄎㄜˋㄅㄛˊ] (kèbó)

例文1 (1^st sample sentense):

Unkind dictionaries call this process "corruption".

(出典元: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-34504297 )

例文2 (2^nd sample sentense):

I don't want to be unkind to the gentleman, but I believe he is extremely paranoid, even bonkers," the politician added.

(出典元: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-34196983 )