Hot Words No.19-2

Ineffable

発音：

[inéfəbl]

意味：

表現を絶する、言葉に表せない

Indescribable

例文1：

The grandiose view from the mountain top was simply ineffable.

例文2：

The artist’s whole endeavor is to express the ineffable.

Juggernaut

発音：

[dƷʌ́ɡərnːt]

意味：

高速度で前進を続ける甚大な力、不可抗力的なもの

A mighty force that cannot be stopped

例文1：

A juggernaut of democracy is making its way throughout the whole world.

例文2：

China’s trade juggernaut is breathtaking.

Methodical

発音：

[əθάdikəl]

意味：

慎重に順序立てた、計画的な

Careful and orderly, proceeding step by step

例文1：

She is very methodical in fielding questions from the students.

例文2：

The authoritarian regime is moving methodically against the protesters.

Oblique

発音：

[əblíːk]

意味：

間接的、ぼんやりした

Indirect; vague

例文1：

The diplomat made an oblique reference to the trade friction between the two countries.

例文2：

The child was looking obliquely out the window.

Stoke

発音：

[stóuk]

意味：

増強・増加する

To make something stronger or more numerous

例文1：

The government action has stoked a widespread public outcry.

例文2：

The ongoing recession is stoking fears that new graduates will encounter unprecedented difficulties finding employment.

Troll

発音：

[tróul]

意味：

努力して何かを手に入れようとする

To try to obtain something through concerted effort

例文1：

I will spend the whole day trolling the department store for a Christmas gift for my girlfriend.

例文2：

The law firm is trolling the Internet for copyright violations.

Warble

発音：

[wɔ́ːrbl]

意味：

1. 鳥などがさえずる、人が音痴な歌い方をする

(For a bird) to sing; (for a person) to sing out of tune

2. 鶯

A bush warbler

1の例文a：

I heard birds warbling beautifully in the forest.

1の例文b：

He got drunk and kept warbling at the karaoke.