have a mind to, duel, regarded, dire

Despite the new president’s efforts over the past year, South Africa’s economy remains weak and its public services dire. He has a huge task



Bulls Retreat on Spain Bailout Plan

Investors gave a thumbs down to Spain's planned bank bailout, setting off a global market rout that puts the country and the euro zone in a dire position.

The economic crisis has severely undermined support for European integration, according to a new Pew poll. But contrary to widespread perception, Germans are highly regarded by their fellow Europeans.

Science and Censorship: A Duel Lasting Centuries

By WILLIAM J. BROAD

When a federal panel asked two journals last week to withhold details on bird flu experiments, it was only the latest example of an ages-old conflict often rooted in issues of war and advanced weaponry.

U.S. Envoy Paints Dire Syria Scenario

U.N. observers discovered 13 bound corpses in Syria, raising fresh allegations of execution-style killings as members of the U.N. Security Council discussed the prospect of sanctions.

dire[dire]

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• 発音記号[dáiər]

[形]（dir・er, dir・est）

1 ((通例限定))恐ろしい, ものすごい, 悲惨な, 陰惨な, 不吉な, 不幸［災難］をもたらす

a dire predicament
ひどい苦境

a dire prediction
悲観的予測

the dire sisters
（⇒FURY 3）

in dire straits
ひどい苦境に陥って.

2 差し迫った, 緊急の

in dire need of ...
…を極度に必要としている.

dire・ly

[副]

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink

Meaning
People, like horses, will only do what they have a mind to do.

mind
n.

1. The human consciousness that originates in the brain and is manifested especially in thought, perception, emotion, will, memory, and imagination.
2. The collective conscious and unconscious processes in a sentient organism that direct and influence mental and physical behavior.
3. The principle of intelligence; the spirit of consciousness regarded as an aspect of reality.
4. The faculty of thinking, reasoning, and applying knowledge: Follow your mind, not your heart.
5. A person of great mental ability: the great minds of the century.
6. 1. Individual consciousness, memory, or recollection: I'll bear the problem in mind.
   2. A person or group that embodies certain mental qualities: the medical mind; the public mind.
   3. The thought processes characteristic of a person or group; psychological makeup: the criminal mind.
7. Opinion or sentiment: He changed his mind when he heard all the facts.
8. Desire or inclination: She had a mind to spend her vacation in the desert.
9. Focus of thought; attention: I can't keep my mind on work.
10. A healthy mental state; sanity: losing one's mind.

regard[re・gard]

• 発音記号[rigɑ'ːrd]

[動](他)（▼進行形不可）

1 ［V[名]as[名]［[形], doing, 過分］］…を（…と）みなす, 考える

regard the discovery as of little value
その発見をほとんど価値のないものと考える

I regard the contract as having been broken.
契約は破棄されたものとみなします.

[語法]asを用いなかったり, asの代わりにto不定詞, that節を用いるのは((非標準)). ただし受動態ではasのない形も用いる：He is regarded a likely successor. 有望な後継者と考えられている.
duel

• 発音記号[djúːəl | djúː-]

[名]

1 決闘, 果たし合い

fight a duel with a person
人と決闘する.

2 （二者・二党間の）争い, 闘争, 勝負

pitchers' duel
（野球の）投手戦

a duel of wits
とんち比べ.

━━[動]（〜ed, 〜・ing or((主に英))〜led, 〜・ling）(自)（…と）争う, 決闘する((with ...)).

━━(他)…と争う.

［中ラテン語duellum（duo- 2＋bellum戦い＝二者の戦い）］

du・el・er, ((英))・ler

, ・ist , ((英))・list [名]