Hot Words No.51

Any number of

発音：

[éni nʌ́mbər əv]

意味：

多数の

A lot of

例文1：

Oh, there could be any number of reasons why the experiment failed.

例文2：

I can do long jump, high jump, sprint, weight lifting and any number of other athletic activities.

Bully

発音：

[búli]

意味：

いじめる、圧力をかけて本人の意思に反した行動をさせる

To mark someone for targeted abuse or attack, either physical or psychological; to pressure someone into doing something against their will

例文1：

I told my son never to take any bullying from anyone.

例文2：

I quit my previous company because my boss tried to bully me into working on the weekends.

Disarray

発音：

[dìsəréi]

意味：

団結や秩序の欠けた状態

Lack of union or order

例文1：

The latest economic crisis threw the EU into total disarray.

例文2：

Republicans are in disarray, not able to present a coherent party platform.

Eureka

発音：

[juəríːkə]

意味：

回答や解決策を見つけた時の嬉しさを表す表現

An expression of happiness at finding the answer or solution

例文1：

The child had a eureka moment when he opened the exam and saw a question about what he had just learnt the night before.

例文2：

There she was with her eureka look.

Freewheeling

発音：

[fríːhwíːliŋ]

意味：

先のことを気に掛けない、規則・規定を無視した

Unconcerned about the future; defying rules and regulations

例文1：

Younger people look at me with envy because of my freewheeling lifestyle, but I got plenty of problems of my own.

例文2：

Government is trying to rein in freewheeling Internet activities.

Go the whole hog

発音：

[ɡὸu ðə hóul hɔ́ːɡ]

意味：

何かを完全・徹底にする

To do something completely and thoroughly

例文1：

The conservative candidate went the whole hog and called for the elimination of all social welfare programs.

例文2：

I am going the whole hog in defending my family’s honor.

Hazing

発音：

[héiziŋ]

意味：

新メンバーのしごき

Bullying of junior members

例文1：

Hazing is a big problem in the military as well as in colleges across the nation.

例文2：

When I joined the school baseball team, I was subjected to humiliating hazing rituals.

Lurid

発音：

[lúərid]

意味：

センセーショナルでショッキングな

Sensational and shocking

例文1：

There was a lurid picture of the crime scene on the front page of the paper.

例文2：

He described the accident in lurid detail.