Hot Words No.52

Afloat

発音：

[əflóut]

意味：

経営や生活を続行するための金銭的土台がある

Having enough money to stay in business or stay out of debt

例文1：

I was out of a job for so long that I finally had to borrow money from my parents, just to keep afloat.

例文2：

The company may become nationalized to stay afloat.

Buff

発音：

[bʌ́f]

意味：

磨く、強化する

To polish; to make stronger; to bolster

例文1：

I work part-time at a McDonald’s, buffing the floor.

例文2：

After years of declining popularity, the company is finally buffing its public image with imaginative services.

Congenital

発音：

[kəndƷénətl]

意味：

持って生まれた、不可避の

Innate; inherent

例文1：

He overcame his congenital speech defect and became a great public speaker.

例文2：

With my congenital pessimism and bad health, I am not very hopeful that anything good will happen this year.

Dish or dish out

発音：

[díʃ/díʃ áut]

意味：

プライベートな情報などを多量に提供する

To give a lot of something, often private and embarrassing info

例文1：

In this autobiography, the senator dishes on his experiences in the asylum for abused children.

例文2：

She started writing weekly columns, dishing out her unconventional opinions.

例文3：

The woman is writing a tell-all book about her marriage to the film director in order to dish dirt on him.

Doctor

発音：

[dάktər]

意味：

自分に有利になるよう事実に手を加える

To deliberately change something for one’s own advantage

例文1：

The professor was accused of doctoring evidence in support of his theory.

例文2：

In this doctored picture, we find the entertainer standing next to the Meiji Emperor.

Eddy

発音：

[édi]

意味：

円を描きながら動く

To move or proceed in a circle

例文1：

Cold winds are eddying around my house.

例文2：

Farthing

発音：

[fάːrðiŋ]

意味：

微量

A tiny amount

例文1：

She came down on hard times, losing all her wealth. Now she doesn’t have a farthing to her name.

例文2：

I did not receive a farthing in reward.

例文3：

The sales clerk sounded like she didn’t care a farthing if I bought or not.

Marquee

発音：

[mɑːrkíː]

意味：

大きなテントや天蓋、入口の上にかかった大きな掲示板・ポスター

A large tent or canopy; a large sign over the entrance

例文1：

Let’s have coffee in the marquee at 2 pm.

例文2：

A marquee announced the names of the speakers.