Hot Words No.58

Apply oneself

発音：

[əplái wʌnsélf]

意味：

努力して励む

To make efforts and work hard

例文1：

I applied myself to studying a foreign language.

例文2：

You can do it. I know you are smart and talented. You just didn’t have the motivation to apply yourself till now.

Blaze a trail

発音：

[bléiz ə tréil]

意味：

新しいトレンドや慣習を促すような意義深い事をする

To do something significant that will set a new trend or practice

例文1：

Young farmers are blazing a trail in the rural areas.

例文2：

Google blazed a trail for other creative minds to follow.

Cadence

発音：

[kéidns]

意味：

上下する音の流れ

The rising and falling flow of sounds

例文1：

The cadences of the music reverberated throughout the courtyard.

例文2：

The children sang in a chiming cadence.

Debility

発音：

[dibíləti]

意味：

病などによる弱化

Weakness due to illness

例文1：

Debility sometimes plays a part in depression.

例文2：

He is suffering from mental and physical debility.

Fly

発音：

[flái]

意味：

必要条項を満たし成功する

To meet the requirements and successfully take place

例文1：

This idea of an all-service business consulting firm may fly. Let’s discuss the logistical details.

例文2：

I’m sorry your plan would not fly.

Grill

発音：

[ɡríl]

意味：

質問攻めにする

To bombard someone with a lot of questions

例文1：

When I come home after 9 pm, my wife grills me about how I spent the evening.

例文2：

The hardliners are going to grill the president in Congress.

Holdout

発音：

[hóuldàut]

意味：

抵抗または非協調、そのような行動をする人

Refusal to acquiesce or cooperate; someone who engages in such an act

例文1：

I urge you to stop engaging in such a holdout. You are not accomplishing anything.

例文2：

49 states accepted the federal offer, with Oklahoma being the only holdout.

Leeway

発音：

[líːwèi]

意味：

行動の自由

Freedom from interference when doing something

例文1：

Parents must give their children lots of leeway to pursue their interests.

例文2：

The troops are seeking more leeway in the way they carry out the military campaign.