2015年7月20日 星期一

bit, cling to our bits, bit player, bits and pieces, pieced, element, component, ingredient, constituent, factor

"In a largely secular age the donation consent rate is stuck below 60%. 429 people died last year while waiting for an organ transplant. The number of people on the waiting list for a heart has doubled in five years. Still, quite a lot of us choose to cling to our bits."


It is a curious thing that we have full authority to decide whether we...
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IN THE convoluted dramas in the seas around China, Taiwan is often cast as a bit player, the optional extra to the lengthy lists of contending parties to the many territorial disputes. But the fatal shooting on May 9th of a 65-year-old Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippine coastguard has shifted Taiwan to centre stage.
 
Visions of Life, Built From Bits and Pieces
bits and pieces (British, American & Australian) also bits and bobs (British)
small things of different types Can you tidy away all your bits and pieces before you go to bed? I put all the bits and bobs I can't find a home for in this drawer.


Books of The Times

'The Pale King'

By DAVID FOSTER WALLACE
Reviewed by MICHIKO KAKUTANI
David Foster Wallace's posthumous, unfinished novel, "The Pale King," was pieced together by his editor from pages and notes that the author left behind after he committed suicide in 2008.


“We are now in a serious situation,” Amano said, adding that “too many elements are not known yet.”
Yukiya Amano, who is himself of Japanese descent, said that the fuel in storage in units 4, 5 and 6 at the reactor are exposed and releasing radiation.
He will immediately fly to Japan to hold urgent deliberations with nuclear officials there.




element

[名]
1 (…の)成分, 要素, 構成分子((in, of ...));《化学》元素;((通例単数形))(…の)少量, 気味((of ...))

discontented elements in society

社会の不平分子

the moderate element
穏健派
an element of surprise
わずかな驚き
Hard work is the main element of success.
懸命な努力が成功のための主な要素である.


[類語]elementはそれ以上分析できない究極的な要素(たとえば「元素」), componentは機械や機構の構成部分で機能するために欠かせないもの, constituentは化学物質の構成部分, ingredientは料理の材料となる食品というイメージを伴って使われることが多い. factorはこれらとは違い, もともとから抽象的な意味合いの語で, ある状況を構成し性格づけている要因という意味合い.

2 元素:古代哲学で物質界を構成すると考えられた基本物質;通例earth, water, air, fireのいずれかをいう


the four elements

四大元素(地・水・風・火).

3 ((ふつう単数形))(生物の)本来の生息地;(人の)本来の活動領域, 本領


be in [out of] one's element

本領を発揮して[勝手が違って]いる


The air is the birds' element.

空は鳥の本来のすみかだ.


4 ((the 〜s))(天候や大気の)作用力, 自然力;悪天候


brave the elements and go out

悪天候をものともせず外出する.


5 ((the 〜s))(芸術・科学などの)原理, 基本, 原則;(教育の)初歩


the elements of arithmetic

算数の初歩.


6 ((the Elements))《神学》(聖餐(さん)式の)パンとぶどう酒.


7 《数学》(集合の)元(げん), (行列の)要素;《幾何学》(図形を作る)要素(点・線・面など).


8 (電気製品の)電熱部分;《電気》素子.

[ラテン語elementum(第一の原則)]





bit

音節

bit1 発音

bít レベル

最重要 bitの変化形

bits (複数形) bitの慣用句

a bit much, a bit of a, a bit of all right, (全16件)


[名]
1 ((a 〜))((しばしば副詞的))(時間的・量的に)わずか, 少しの時間

a little bit

(量が)少し

a quite [a good] bit [=quite a bit]

かなり多く[たくさん]の

Why don't you rest a bit?

少し休んだら

I was in India forin] a bit.

しばらくインドにいた
You seem a bit tired.

ちょっと疲れているようだね
It's a bit too hot.

少し暑すぎますね(▼この場合a bitは「好ましくない度合いがやや高い」の意なので, ×It's a bit hot. とはいえない).

2

(1) (…の)小片, 少量, 少し(の…), わずか((of ...));((略式))((news, adviceなど数えられない名詞に用いて))(…の)1つ, 1片(piece)((of ...))

a bit of bread

パンの小片(▼×a bit breadのようには用いない)

I had a bit of luck at the races.

競馬で少しつきがあった.

(2) (食物の)一口, 一かじり((of ...))

a bit of food

一口の食事

a bit and a sup

少量の飲食物.

(3) ((通例〜s))破片, 小片
pullcut, tear] ... to bits

…をずたずたにする[切る, 引き裂く].


3

(1) ((米略式))12セント半. ▼2の倍数でのみ用いる

twofour] bits

25[50]セント.

(2) ((英古))小額の硬貨

a twopenny bit

2ペンス銅貨.

4 (劇・映画などの)端役(はやく)(bit part);(書物などの)一節, (劇の)一場面

a bit(-partactor

端役俳優.


5 ((話))若い女;いい女(a bit of stuff [fluff, skirt]).


6 ((米略式))お決まりの手;(当面の)問題, 状況;典型的なふるまい[経験]

the student bit

学生の典型的な行動.

7 ((俗))刑期.
  1. 8 ((~s)) ((英略式)) (人の)生殖器.

a bit much

((略式))あんまりな, ひどすぎる


That's a bit much.

それはあんまりひどすぎる.


a bit of a ...

((略式))ちょっとした…, どちらかというと…;つまらない…


just a bit of a girl

小娘
I'm a bit of a reader myself.

ぼくだってちょっとした読書家なんだよ.

a bit of all right

((英略式))申し分のない人[物].


a bit of one's mind

率直な[忌憚(きたん)のない]意見.


a bit on the side

((英略式・時におどけて))不倫.


a good bit

(1) 長時間(の…)((of ...))


do a good bit of waiting

かなり長い時間待つ.

(2) ((略式))ずっと. ▼比較級を強める


a good bit more difficult

はるかに難しい.


a nice bit (of ...)

かなりたくさん(の…).


bit by bit

((主に英))少しずつ, だんだん.


bits and pieces [bobs]

((英略式))こまごまとした物, 小さな部分, 身の回り品, 小物類


the bits and pieces of the traditional architecture left in the city

町のあちこちに残る古くからの建物.


do one's bit

((英略式))本分を尽くす, 応分の奉仕[寄付, 貢献]をする.


every bit

(1) 全部, すべて(の…)((of ...))


every bit of thirty years

30年間ずっと


Every bit of food was eaten.

食べ物は一つ残らず平らげられた.

(2) ((略式))まったく, どの点から見ても


She was every bit as surprised as I was.

彼女も私同様すっかり驚いてしまった.


not a bit

((略式))少しも…ない


We're not a bit too soon.

少しも早すぎることはない(⇔not a LITTLE).


not a bit of it

(1) ((相手の言葉または前言を強く否定して))とんでもない, それどころか.

(2) どういたしまして.


take a bit doing

((英))…するのが困難である.


thrilled to bits

とても喜んで, 胸を躍らせて.


with a bit of luck

((主に英))順調にいけば.

[古英語bita「かみ切られた小片」(bītanかむ). △BITE]

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