lakiさんの英語(2011.9~2012.12)
You should store your valuables in a secure place. We need to make our network more secure against attacks by hackers.
2011-09-14 18:28:24I'm feeling secure about my place in the company. They didn't begin to celebrate until they knew their victory was secure.
2011-09-14 18:28:33The children were safe and secure in their beds. How secure is your front door? You are now entering a secure area.
2011-09-14 18:28:44secure:1)firm, not liable to fail or yield. 2)free from danger or risk of loss; safe. 3)trustworthy, dependable. 4)without anxiety.
2011-09-14 18:29:305)affording safety, as a place. 6)firmly established, as a relationship or reputation. 7)in safe custody or keeping.
2011-09-14 18:29:46secure:不安のない、恐れる必要のない、しっかり固定した、(壊れたりしない)頑丈な、しっかりした、(情報漏えいなどに対し)安全な、(損失のない)確実な、安全な、堅牢な、成功が保証された
2011-09-14 18:30:04プライマリー、セカンダリーまでは広く知られているがその下位まで知っている人は少ない。と言うことで→primary> secondary> tertiary> quaternary 「ターシャリー」、「クウォータナリー」です。
2011-09-14 19:28:46地質学(geology)の分野で第三紀をTertiary period、第四紀をQuaternary periodと言う。
2011-09-14 19:29:01why did I say such a stupid thing like that?のほうが自然。口語ならthingよりstuffが多用されるし、why I said...にするかな
2011-09-20 23:45:09The child sat by himself, looking pensive. Rainy days often put her in a pensive mood.
2011-09-24 11:36:50pensive:物思いに沈んだ、哀愁を漂わせる、悲しげな (musingly or dreamily thoughtful. suggestive of sad thoughtfulness)
2011-09-24 11:37:131)reprove or rebuke severely, especially in a formal way, by a person in authority, by a superior, or official body.
2011-09-24 11:42:49reprimand:~を叱責する、懲戒する、叱責、非難、懲戒、処分 cf. upbraid, censure, reprehend
2011-09-24 11:43:05while reviewing the troops,the officer delivered a curt reprimand to a soldier. reprimanded by the judge and warned of contempt of court.
2011-09-24 11:44:34超難 gobo, doohickey, callithumpian, interrobang, zodonk, slumgullion, ort, quincunx, ninnyhammer, lollapalooza, flibbertigibbet, bezoar
2011-09-24 14:36:15foe:敵、反対者、対戦者、障害 1)one who has personal enmity, hatred or malice toward another. 2)an enemy in war; military enemy, hostile army.
2011-09-24 15:57:013)adversary; opponent in a contest or a game. 4)one who opposes in principle or feeling. 5)something prejudicial or injurious.
2011-09-24 15:57:22EX)Many considered him a foe of democracy. Her ability was acknowledged by friend and foe alike.
2011-09-24 15:57:35EX)Sloth is the foe of health. A foe to progress in civil rights.
2011-09-24 15:57:41fragile:(物が)壊れやすい、(主張が)根拠の無い、儚い、脆弱な、(人が)虚弱な 1)easily broken, shattered or damaged; delicate, frail.
2011-09-24 18:39:472)in a weakened physical state. 3)vulnerably delicate, as in appearance. 4)lacking in substance or force.
2011-09-24 18:39:57ex) Her health has always been very fragile. He is in an emotionally fragile state. The two countries have formed a fragile coalition.
2011-09-24 18:40:264words 十分かな。pensive, reprimand, fragile, foe とオマケ。fragileは日常語だけど他はいわゆる難語(STEP1相当)なので知らなくても困らない。試験用ってとこ
2011-09-24 18:43:45くも膜って「蜘蛛膜」なんだけど、その入り組んだ構造が「蜘蛛の巣」みたいだからってことで名づけられた。英語でもarachnoid materとarachnoid(ラテン語で蜘蛛)が用いられる。アラクネーという女性がギリシャ神話にも登場していますね。
2011-09-25 10:52:17