slicing, safety net, take a loss, salami, Iron Curtain

Sliced Bread

As Job Loss Rises, Obama Aides Act to Fix Safety Net
By JACKIE CALMES
Administration officials said that a new effort to combat unemployment would not add up to a second stimulus package, only an extension of the first.

U.K. Loss on Northern Rock

The U.K. sold nationalized lender Northern Rock to Virgin Money, taking a loss in the government's first sale of a bailed-out British bank.

States Slashing Social Programs for Vulnerable

By ERIK ECKHOLM

A large majority of states are slicing into their social safety nets, often crippling preventive efforts that officials say would save money over time.

Their meeting will not have anything to do with Iraq’s national sovereignty, but instead will involve slicing up billions of dollars in work for the defense contractors that support the American military’s presence in the country.

When those agents set out to produce not only a friendly sphere of Soviet influence but also a cordon of dictatorships reliably responsive to Russian orders, Winston Churchill was moved to warn, just days after the Nazis’ surrender in 1945, that an Iron Curtain was being drawn through the heart of Europe. (He coined the metaphor in a message to President Truman a full year before he used it in public in Fulton, Mo.) And Matyas Rakosi, the “little Stalin” of Hungary, was well known for another apt metaphor, describing how the region’s political, economic, cultural and social oppositions were to be destroyed by “cutting them off like slices of salami.”

 1945年，納粹剛剛投降不久，溫斯頓·丘 吉爾(Winston Churchill)就警告說，一道鐵幕已經在歐洲的心臟地帶降下（他首先在給杜魯門總統[President Truman]的一封信里使用這個比喻說法，整整一年之後，他才在密蘇里州富爾頓公開用這個詞）。匈牙利的“小斯大林”馬加什·拉科西(Matyas Rakosi)做過另外一個恰當的比喻，也非常出名，他說這個地區政治、經濟、文化和社會上的反對勢力會“像薩拉米香腸切成片”那樣被摧毀。

Salami - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Salami - CachedShare

Salami is cured sausage, fermented and air-dried meat, originating from one of a variety of animals. Historically, salami has been popular among Southern ...

slice

n. - 薄片, 一份, 切片
v. tr. - 切成薄片, 切下
v. intr. - 切, 劃破, 切開, 斜擊球

v., sliced, slic·ing, slic·es. v.tr.

1. To cut or divide into slices: slice a loaf of bread.
2. To cut from a larger piece: slice off a piece of salami.
3. To cut through or across with or as if with a knife: The harvester sliced the field.
4. To divide into portions or shares; parcel out.
5. To spread, work at, or clear away with a bladed tool such as a slice bar.
6. Sports. To hit (a ball) with a slice.

v.intr.

1. To move like a knife: The destroyer sliced through the water.
2. Sports. To hit a ball with a slice.

[Middle English, splinter, from Old French esclice, from esclicier, to splinter, of Germanic origin.]

sliceable slice'a·ble adj.
slicer slic'er n.

idioms:
a slice of the action 一部分活動, 一份好處

slice of life 如實反映現實生活的一個側面的
A film, piece of literature or a play might be described as a slice of life if it describes or shows the ordinary details of real life.

slice up 切片
the best thing since sliced bread 極好的東西



日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 一切れ, 一部分, スライス, フライ返し, 薄刃包丁
v. - 切る, 切り取る, スライスさせて打つ, スライスして飛ぶ, 刃物で切る, 薄く切る
idioms:

• a slice of the action 分け前
• slice of life 人生の一断面
• slice up 薄く切る

slice (PIECE) Show phonetics
noun
1 [C] a flat, often thin, piece of food that has been cut from a larger piece:
a slice of bread/cake
cucumber/lemon slices
Would you like another slice of ham/beef?

2 [S] a part of something, such as an amount of money:
We agreed before we did the deal that we'd both take an equal slice of the profit.
The film presents us with a fascinating slice of history.

3 [C] a kitchen utensil with a wide blade which is used for serving pieces of food:
a cake/fish slice

slice Show phonetics
verb
1 [T] to cut something into thin, flat pieces:
Slice the mushrooms thinly and fry in butter.
[+ two objects] Could you slice me a very thin piece of cake/slice a very thin piece of cake for me?
See picture .

2 [I + adverb or preposition] to easily cut into or through something with a sharp knife:
He screamed as the blade sliced into his leg.
FIGURATIVE She watched his slim strong body as it sliced effortlessly through the water.

sliced Show phonetics
adjective
cut into thin flat pieces:
sliced bread/ham/tomato

slicer Show phonetics
noun [C]
a machine or tool for slicing particular types of food:
an egg/bread/meat slicer

Transitional Justice, facilitate, facilitator

 “Facilitators help us put labels on the pictures so that the caregivers can help the children get familiar with the new faces,” she said. “I weep to think of them holding those albums and wondering why the people that promised they would be back in a few weeks have never come back.”
 她說，“領養機構的人幫我們給照片貼上標籤，好讓照看孩子的人幫孩子熟悉這些新面孔。他們會拿着這些相冊想，那些承諾過幾周就會再來的人，怎麼再也沒出現呢？一想到這樣的情景，我就忍不住流淚。”


如今為了推廣這份報告的 閱讀人口與深化教育，東帝汶政府在「國際轉型正義中心」（International Center for Transitional Justice）的協助之下，推出新版的總結報告。原始報告僅有英文、印尼文與葡萄牙文三種版本，新的插圖版簡化原先超過兩千頁的內容，輔以插圖與漫畫， 以東帝汶本地語言「德頓語」（Tetum）出版。希望能提供學校教育與一般公民團體，作為推動人權教育與歷史教育上的有力工具。此書已在八月底的紀念公投 11週年儀式上，由總統霍塔（Jose Ramos-Horta）親自公佈。

The International Journal of Transitional Justice

不知怎回事 台灣將翻譯成 Transitional Justice轉型正義
所以 轉型變成對應 transformation和 transition
這是很不好的翻譯

Transitional justice generally refers to a range of approaches that states may use to address past human rights violations and includes both judicial and non-judicial approaches. They include series of actions or policies and their resulting institutions, which may be enacted at a point of political transition from violence and repression to societal stability. Transitional justice is informed by a society’s desire to rebuild social trust, repair a fractured justice system, and build a democratic system of governance. The core value of transitional justice is the notion of justice: not necessarily criminal justice, but other forms of justice as well. This notion and the political transformation, such as regime change or transition from conflict, are thus linked toward a more peaceful, certain and democratic future.
The term ‘transitional justice’ has recently received greater attention by both academics and policymakers. It has also generated interest in the fields of political and legal discourse, especially in transitional societies. In period of political transitions, from authoritarian, dictatorial regimes or from civil conflicts to a democracy, transitional justice has often provided opportunities for such societies to address past human rights abuses, mass atrocities, or other forms of severe trauma in order to facilitate a smooth transition into a more democratic or peaceful future. This article discusses the concept of transitional justice: the definition, its historical roots and development, various models, modern-day trends of application in transitional states and its future in a transitional and democratization discourse.




facilitator 輔導員等

facilitate

音節fa・cil・i・tate 発音記号/fəsílətèɪt/

【動詞】 【他動詞】

〈事を〉容易にする，楽にする，促進[助長]する 《★【用法】 この語は人を主語として用いない》.

用例

His father's connections facilitated his employment. 彼は父親のコネのおかげで就職が容易だった.

［FACILITY+‐ATE^２; 【名詞】 facilitation］

 

 

transitional

[形]移り変わる；過渡的［期］の

a transitional government
暫定政権

transitional relief
((英))（新税制導入時の）暫定的優遇措置.

tran・si・tion・al・ly

[副]

gang, gang rape, gangsta rapper, gangsterism, plead, raise payday

Chad Batka for The New York Times

Suit Could Raise Payday for Older Artists
By BEN SISARIO

The rapper Eminem stands at the center of a lawsuit that could mean larger profits for artists whose contracts predate digital music and have not been renegotiated.

Woman Dies After a Gang Rape That Galvanized India

By HEATHER TIMMONS and NIHARIKA MANDHANA

NEW DELHI — A 23-year-old student had been in critical condition since she was attacked on Dec. 16 by men who lured her onto a bus in New Delhi.

(犯罪)團夥/團伙

 gang

1. [名]((単数・複数扱い))
2. 1 群れ，連中，グループ，集団；いっしょに働く仲間，同僚
   • be of a gang
   • 同じ（関心を持った）仲間である
   • the gang at the office
   • 会社の同僚.
3. 2 （若者の）遊び友だち，（たむろする）不良少年のグループ，チーム（チーマーのグループ）；（しばしば排他的な）仲間
   • There was no gang feeling among us.
   • 我々には仲間意識がなかった.
4. 3 ギャング，暴力団. ▼一員はgangster
   • the gang that can't shoot straight
   • ガンの撃ち方も知らないギャング.
5. 4 （道具の）一組，一そろい；（野犬・オオカミなどの）一群，（水牛などの）群れ
   • a gang of oars
   • 一組のオール.

1. ━━[動](他)
2. 1 …をグループにまとめる.
3. 2 ((略式))…を集団で襲撃する
   • I saw the man get ganged.
   • その男が大ぜいに襲われるのを見た.

1. ━━(自)
2. 1 ((略式))（…と）一団になる，集団で行動する((up/with ...))；（人を）集団で攻撃する((up/on, against ...)).
3. 2 ((スコット))行く，歩く
   • gang agley
   • 失敗する，へまをする.

1. ［古ノルド語gangr, ganga（行くこと，グループ）］

gang ¹

  (găng)

n.

1. A group of criminals or hoodlums who band together for mutual protection and profit.

2. A group of adolescents who band together, especially a group of delinquents.

3. Informal A group of people who associate regularly on a social basis: The whole gang from the office went to a clambake.

4. A group of laborers organized together on one job or under one foreperson: a railroad gang.

5. A matched or coordinated set, as of tools: a gang of chisels.

6.

a. A pack of wolves or wild dogs.

b. A herd, especially of buffalo or elk.

v. ganged, gang·ing, gangs

v.intr.

To band together as a group or gang.

v.tr.

1. To arrange or assemble into a group, as for simultaneous operation or production: gang several pages onto one printing plate.

2. To attack as an organized group.

Phrasal Verb:

gang up

1. To join together in opposition or attack: The older children were always ganging up on the little ones.

2. To act together as a group: various agencies ganging up to combat the use of illicit drugs.

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[Middle English, band of men, from Old English, journey, and Old Norse -gangr, journey, group (as in thjofagangr, gang of thieves).]

payday(pā'dā')

n.
The day on which employees' salaries or wages are paid.

 《中英對照讀新聞》 First female rapper debuts in Afghanistan 阿富汗首位女性饒舌歌手出道

◎陳維真
"Listen to my story! Listen to my pain and suffering!’’ Afghanistan’s first female rapper Sosan Firooz pleads into her microphone.
「聽聽我的故事！聽我的苦難！」阿富汗首位女性饒舌歌手費魯茲透過麥克風請求。

With her first rap song, the outspoken 23-year-old singer is making history in her homeland where society frowns on women who take the stage. She is already shunned by some of her relatives.
用她的第一首饒舌歌曲，這位大膽說出心聲的23歲歌手在她的故鄉締造歷史，當地社會不喜歡女性登台演出，她已經讓一些親戚對她迴避。

But for Firooz, the best way to express herself is through rap, a musical genre that is just starting to generate a following in Afghanistan. She sings about repression of women, her hopes for a peaceful Afghanistan and the misery she says she experienced as a small child living in neighboring Iran.
不過，對費魯茲來說，表達自己最棒的方式還是透過饒舌歌曲，這種音樂形式正開始在阿富汗流行。她唱出女性受到的壓迫，對阿富汗和平的盼望，以及她小時候住在鄰國伊朗時的悲慘經歷。

So far, the song, titled "Our Neighbors," has only been released on YouTube, with a video that shows a series of pictures of Firooz posing in a hip-hop style gear. In some pictures, she wears a bandana with skulls, but her long hair flows freely, with no headscarf — a rarity among Afghan women.
目前，「我們的鄰居」這首歌只有在YouTube上發行，錄影帶內容是費魯茲以嘻哈造型擺姿勢的照片。在幾張照片中，她綁著有骷髏頭圖案的大手帕，沒有綁頭巾，一頭長髮自由擺動，這在阿富汗女性中很罕見。

Firooz is also an actress, appearing in secondary roles in a number of local TV soap operas. Earlier this month, she sang at a three-day music festival in Kabul.（AP）
費魯茲也是一位演員，在幾個當地肥皂劇中飾演配角。本月稍早時，她在喀布爾一場為期3天的音樂季中表演。（美聯社）

新聞辭典
plead：動詞，懇求。例句：The lady pleaded with her daughter to come back home. （那位女士懇求女兒回家。）

• 発音記号[plíːd]
• 
  

[動]（〜・ed or plead 〔pléd〕 or((米・スコット))pled 〔pléd〕）(自)

1 ［I（[副]） ］（…を）嘆願［懇願］する((for ...))；［plead with A for B］〈A（人）にB（慈悲など）を〉嘆願する；［plead with A to do］〈A（人）に…してくれと〉弁じる, 説きつける, 熱心に頼む, 訴える. ⇒APPEAL[類語]

He pleaded with the judge for mercy.
判事に慈悲を訴えた

He pleaded with her not to leave him.
彼女に捨てないでくれと懇願した.

2 《法律》
(1) ［I（[副]）/II[形]］（訴訟で）（…に対し）申し立て［主張］をする((against ...))；（…を）弁護する((for ...)).
(2) 〈被告側が〉答弁［抗弁］する, 答弁書を提出する

plead guilty
有罪［責任］を認める答弁をする

plead not guilty
無罪の答弁をする（▼くだけた言い方ではplead innocent ［one's innocence］ともいう）.

(3) （法廷で）弁論する.

━━(他)

1 ［III[名]/that節］…を（弁護・言い訳として）主張する, 申し立てる；…と申し立てて弁護［抗弁］する

plead ignorance
知らなかったと弁明する

He pleaded that he did not break the window.
窓を割っていないと言い張った.

2 《法律》
(1) 〈訴訟原因などを〉申し立てる.
(2) …を訴答として提出する.

［古フランス語←ラテン語placitāre （placēre喜ばす＋-tus過去分詞語尾＋-āre＝喜ぶようにする→意見を述べる→嘆願する）. △PLEA］outspoken：形容詞，誠實表達自己的意見，尤其是令人訝異或具有爭議性的意見。例句：He has been outspoken in his criticism.（他在批評中直言不諱。）
rarity： 名詞，稀有、罕見之人。例句： In psychology, possessing an IQ at and above 180 may qualify you as an intellectual rarity.（在心理學中，IQ超過180就算是罕見的聰明人。）

By contrast, during a large-scale taxi strike in Chongqing in 2008, Mr Bo was more interventionist. He held an unusual televised meeting with drivers, but later launched a sweeping anti-mafia campaign that resulted in a wealthy businessman accused of organising the strike being sentenced to 20 years in prison for gangsterism and disrupting transport.




German rapper Bushido tones down vile rhetoric in image remake

Germany's most infamous gangsta rapper is making headlines again. But this
time, it's not because of an offensive comment or a banned record - its
because he seems to be growing up.

The DW-WORLD Article
http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=ew3v45I44va89pI3

gangsta rap
also gangster rap
n.
A style of rap music associated with urban street gangs and characterized by violent, tough-talking, often misogynistic lyrics.

[From African American Vernacular English gangsta, gangster, alteration of GANGSTER.]

thing, 'Friend Thing', social identity services, hallucinations

Schmidt: Google Missed 'Friend Thing'

Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt said one of his biggest failures as CEO of the online search giant was grappling with the rise of social identity services such as Facebook.

'Hallucinations'

By OLIVER SACKS
Reviewed by SIRI HUSTVEDT

Oliver Sacks explores the power of hallucinations through first-person accounts.

thing

(thĭng)
n.

1. An entity, an idea, or a quality perceived, known, or thought to have its own existence.
2. 1. The real or concrete substance of an entity.
   2. An entity existing in space and time.
   3. An inanimate object.
3. Something referred to by a word, a symbol, a sign, or an idea; a referent.
4. A creature: the poor little thing.
5. An individual object: There wasn't a thing in sight.
6. 1. Law. That which can be possessed or owned. Often used in the plural: things personal; things real.
   2. things Possessions; belongings: packed her things and left.
   3. An article of clothing: Put on your things and let's go.
7. things The equipment needed for an activity or a special purpose: Where are my cleaning things?
8. An object or entity that is not or cannot be named specifically: What is this thing for?
9. 1. An act, deed, or work: promised to do great things.
   2. The result of work or activity: is always building things.
10. A thought, a notion, or an utterance: What a rotten thing to say!
11. A piece of information: wouldn't tell me a thing about the project.
12. A means to an end: just the thing to increase sales.
13. An end or objective: In blackjack, the thing is to get nearest to 21 without going over.
14. A matter of concern: many things on my mind.
15. A turn of events; a circumstance: The accident was a terrible thing.
16. 1. things The general state of affairs; conditions: "Beneath the smooth surface of things, something was wrong" (Tom Wicker).
    2. A particular state of affairs; a situation: Let's deal with this thing promptly.
17. Informal. A persistent illogical feeling, as a desire or an aversion; an obsession: has a thing about seafood.
18. Informal. The latest fad or fashion; the rage: Drag racing was the thing then.
19. Slang. An activity uniquely suitable and satisfying to one: Let him do his own thing. See synonyms at forte¹.

idioms:
first thing Informal.

1. Right away; before anything else: Do your assignments first thing in the morning.

see (or hear) things

1. To have hallucinations.

[Middle English, from Old English.]

hallucination

音節hal・lu・ci・na・tion 発音記号/həlùːsənéɪʃən/

【名詞】

1

【不可算名詞】 [具体的には 【可算名詞】] 幻覚.

用例

be subject to hallucinations 幻覚におそわれやすい.

2

【可算名詞】 (幻覚によって生じる)幻，妄想.

maddeningly, goodness, batty, insane,

'Another Insane Devotion'

By PETER TRACHTENBERG
Reviewed by JENNIFER B. McDONALD

Desperately searching for a missing cat, Peter Trachtenberg ponders the mysteries of relationships - both human and animal.

If you have goodness to wait.

Through the day and into the evening, officials from the Securities and Exchange Commission and other federal agencies hunted for clues amid a tangle of electronic trading records from the nation’s increasingly high-tech exchanges.
But, maddeningly, the cause or causes of the market’s wild swing remained elusive, leaving what amounts to a $1 trillion question mark hanging over the world’s largest, and most celebrated, stock market

Obama invited Bob Gates to the Saturday summit. Gates, after all, had originally been brought in as defense secretary by W. to be a common-sense counterbalance to the batty Cheney.



 Inside a dictator's insanely huge palace

CNN International

Inside a dictator's insanely huge palace: http://cnn.it/1FTh2lB

Palace of the damned dictator: On the trail of Ceausescu in Bucharest

25 years after the death of Romania's communist dictator, tourism is...

CNN.COM|由 JOHN MALATHRONAS FOR CNN 上傳

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batty
adj. Slang, -ti·er, -ti·est.
Crazy; insane.

[From bats in the belfry.]

battiness bat'ti·ness n.

mad·den·ing (măd'n-ĭng)
adj.

1. Tending to anger or irritate: a maddening delay at the airport.
2. Tending to drive insane.

maddeningly mad'den·ing·ly adv.

goodness
n.

1. The state or quality of being good.
2. The beneficial or nutritious part.

interj.
Used to express mild surprise.

insane

音節in・sane 発音記号/ìnséɪn^←/音声を聞く

【形容詞】

(in・san・er，‐est; more insane，most insane)

1

a

正気でない，狂気の (⇔sane).

b

(比較なし) 精神異常者のための.

用例

an insane asylum [hospital] 精神病院 《★【比較】 現在は通例 psychiatric hospital という》.

2

《口語》 非常識な，ばかげた.

用例

an insane scheme 非常識な計画.

insanely 【副詞】

［IN‐^１+SANE; 【名詞】 insanity］

drop, dropped call, fiscal cliff, Gangnam style, Romneyshambles

Microsoft's Dropped Call

The software giant's diminishing profile in the mobile world is the talk of Silicon Valley.

'Gangnam Style,' 'fiscal cliff,' 'Romneyshambles' chosen as Collins Dictionary ...
New York Daily News
He has the most-watched video in Youtube history, become a pop sensation with a horse-riding dance craze that has swept the world and now Korean singer Psy may cement his place in popular culture with recognition from a British dictionary. "Gangnam ...

**drop[ drp | drp ]

「drop」を新グローバル英和辞典でも検索する

[名] 1 しずく, したたり ・ a drop of water 水滴 ・ drops of perspiration 玉の汗 ・ fall in drops しずくとなって落ちる ・ Fat drops of rain rattled against the window. 大きな雨粒がぱらぱらと窓ガラスに当たった. 2 1滴, 滴量；((略式))（液体の）少量, 微量；（事物の）少量((of ...))；少量の酒 ・ two drops of quinine キニーネ2滴 ・ a drop of whisky 少量のウイスキー ・ drink to the last drop 最後の1滴まで飲み干す ・ a drop of compassion 少々の同情 ・ drop by drop 1滴ずつ, 少しずつ ・ not even a drop of kindness 親切のひとかけらさえない（▼抽象名詞を伴う場合は否定文が多い） ・ take ［have］ a drop too much 酔っぱらう. 3 落下, 降下, 落下距離, 深度；（量・程度・品質・価値などの）低下, 下落((in ...))；急な坂, 急斜面 ・ a drop of ten feet 10フィートの落下距離 ・ a drop in price(s) 物価の下落 ・ a drop in temperature 温度の降下 ・ The falls have a drop of ten meters. 滝は10メートルの高さがある. 4 落下傘(さん)部隊；落下傘降下；（物資の）空中投下. 5 ((通例～s))点滴薬, 滴薬；点眼薬. 6 あめ玉, ドロップ ・ an orange drop オレンジドロップ. 7 しずく状のもの；耳飾り, ペンダント（の宝石）；《建》滴状飾り(gutta)；《家具》たれ飾り, 露玉飾り. 8 中央貯蔵庫, 主要集配所 ・ a mail drop 中央郵便物集配所. 9 ((主に米))（郵便箱などの）投げ入れ口, 落とし口. 10 絞首台；（絞首台の）落とし戸式の踏み台. 11 ((俗))（秘密情報・密輸品・盗品の）隠し場所. 12 《劇》たれ幕(drop curtain)；最終場面(drop scene). 13 《ラグビー》ドロップキック(drop kick). a drop in the bucket/((英))a drop in the ocean 大海の一滴；少量. at the drop of a ［the］ hat ((主に米)) (1)合図［機会］が与えられると. (2)ただちに, 待っていたとばかり. get ［have］ a drop in one's ［the］ eye ほろ酔い気分になる. get ［have］ the drop on a person ((米略式)) (1)〈相手より〉先にピストルを突きつける. (2)〈人の〉機先を制する. ━━[動]（～ped or dropt /drpt | drpt/, ～・ping） (自) 1 ［I（[副]）］ (1)（高い所から）落ちる；〈人が〉飛び降りる；〈道路などが〉急な下りになる；〈花が〉散る ・ drop off a cliff がけから転落する ・ drop from a window into the garden 窓から庭へひょいと飛び降りる. (2)〈液体が〉ぽたぽた落ちる, したたる；〈雨などが〉ぱらぱら降る ・ The water dropped to the ground. 水は地面にしたたり落ちた. 2 ［I（[副]）］ 〈人が〉（床・地面などに）急に倒れる, うずくまる, 沈む((down/to, into ...)) ・ drop to the ground 地面にばったり倒れる ・ drop into a chair くずおれるようにいすに座る. 3 （程度・状態・価値などが）（…から；…まで）下がる, 落ちる, 下落する, 減少する, 〈声が〉低くなる((from ...；to ...)). ⇒DECREASE[類語] ・ Her voice dropped. 彼女の声が低くなった ・ The price of petrol dropped sharply. 石油の価格が急落した ・ The wind seems to have dropped. 風が弱まったようだ. 4 ［I（[副]）］ （視野から）消える((out of, from ...))；（…から）手を引く, （…を）おりる, やめる((from ...))；〈事が〉終わる；〈文通・会話が〉途絶える ・ drop out of sight 見えなくなる ・ drop off the face of the earth 地上から姿を消す, 見えなくなる ・ drop from the tournament トーナメントからおりる ・ We let the subject drop. その問題は棚上げにした（▼The subject was dropped. /We dropped the subject. ともいう）. 5 ［I（[副]）］ ちょっと立ち寄る, ひょっこり訪れる((in, by, over, round)) ・ We'll only have time to drop in (for a moment) at ［on］ his party. 彼 のパーティーにはちょっと顔を出すぐらいの時間しかない（▼drop in onのあとには「人, パーティー」, drop in atのあとには「家, パーティー」がくる；drop in withは「人に偶然に出会う」の意；((米))でdrop in at a coffee shopのatはしばしば省略される） ・ He dropped by to say hello. あいさつするためにちょっと立ち寄った ・ You'll have to drop by my house. そのうちぜひ私の家に寄ってください（▼byのあとには「家, 事務所」がくることが多い） ・ Drop over to our house for a visit sometime. いつか立ち寄ってくれよ（▼toの用法に注意）. 6 後退する, 遅れる；落後する((away, back, off, behind)) ・ He dropped behind early in the marathon. 彼はマラソンで早くから落後した. 7 （ある状態に）（自然に）なる, 陥る((into, to ...)) ・ drop asleep ［＝drop off to sleep］ 眠りに落ちる ・ drop into a pattern of behavior 行動が型にはまってくる ・ drop into silence 黙り込んでしまう. 8 （川・丘などを）下る, 流れる((down)). 9 くたくたに疲れる, へたばる. 10 〈言葉・ため息が〉（…から）ふと漏れる((from ...)). 11 〈動物の子が〉生まれる, 産み落とされる. ━━(他)（←(自)） 1 ［III[名]（[副]）］ (1)〈物を〉落とす, 落下させる, 放り出す, 投げ出す；〈手紙を〉投函(とうかん)する；〈受話器を〉置く；〈兵・物資を〉落下傘で降下させる, 空中投下する；((略式))〈金を〉（競馬などで）する, 失う ・ drop a bottle 瓶を落とす ・ drop a letter into a mailbox 手紙を投函する ・ drop bombs on ［over］ a city 都市に爆弾を落とす. (2)〈液体を〉したたらす, 滴下する, ぽたぽた落とす ・ drop liquid vitamins into milk ミルクにビタミン液をたらす. 2 …を殴り［撃ち］倒す, 撃ち落とす；殺す ・ drop a person with a blow 一撃のもとに殴り倒す. 3 〈品質・価値などを〉下げる；〈量などを〉減らす ・ drop one's speed by ten kilometers 速度を10キロ落とす. 4 〈幕・釣り糸・錨(いかり)などを〉降ろす；〈すそ・へりを〉（降ろして）伸ばす；〈視線・声を〉落とす ・ drop a curtain 幕を降ろす ・ drop anchor 錨を降ろす ・ She dropped her eyes and reddened. 彼女は目を伏せて赤くなった. 5 〈計画・話題・習慣などを〉やめる, 中止する；〈人と〉関係を絶つ, 別れる, 絶交する；〈学科の〉履修をとりやめる；〈人を〉落第させる ・ drop a plan 計画を断念する ・ drop a course （いったん登録した）科目（の受講）を取り消す ・ drop close friends 親友と手を切る ・ Drop everything and come right away. 何はさておきすぐ来なさい. 6 ［III[名]（[副]）］ …を（チームなどから）はずす, 除名する, 解雇する, 放校する((from ...)) ・ be dropped from a club ［the membership］ クラブ［会員］から除名される. 7 …を使用しない, 〈記事などを〉ボツにする, 〈音声・文字を〉落とす, 抜かす ・ He drops his h's. 彼は“h”を発音しない（▼“h”を落とすのはCockneyの特徴）. 8 ［III[名]（[副]）］ 〈人・荷物を〉（乗り物から）降ろす；配達する, 届ける ・ I'll drop you (off) at the corner nearest to the station. 駅にいちばん近い角で降ろしてあげよう. 9 …を新しく使い始める, 下ろす. 10 〈言葉・ため息などを〉〈人に〉漏らす, それとなく口にする, 〈人に〉〈短信を〉書く, 出す ・ drop an unkind comment 何気なく思いやりのないことを言う ・ drop a hint それとなくヒントを与える ・ drop a person a line 簡単なたよりを出す. 11 《スポーツ》 (1)〈ボール・パックなどを〉（ゴールに）入れる, けり込む. (2)〈ゲーム・試合に〉負ける；〈ポイントを〉失う ・ The team dropped three straight games. そのチームは3連敗した. (3)＝drop kick. 12 〈動物が〉〈子を〉産む, 産み落とす. 13 《海》〈島などの〉視認距離外へ出る. 14 《料理》〈卵を〉落とす, 割って熱湯に落とす(poach). 15 ((略式))〈麻薬を〉やる ・ drop LSD ［acid］ LSDを飲む. drop across ... (1)〈人に〉ひょっこり出会う；〈物を〉偶然見つける. (2)〈人を〉しかる. drop away (1)一人ひとり立ち去る, （いつの間にか）いなくなる；少しずつ減る［なくなる］. (2)したたる. Drop it！ ((話))（おしゃべり・悪ふざけを）もうやめろ. drop off (自) (1)眠りに落ちる. ⇒(自) (2)（量・程度などが）減る, 衰える. (3)一人ひとり立ち去る, いつのまにかいなくなる. (4)((略式))死ぬ. (5)車から降りる. ━━(他) ［drop ... off/drop off ...］ ⇒(他) drop on ［upon］ ... ((略式))…をしかりつける, 罰する. drop out (1)立ち去る；消失する. (2)（競走・競争などで）落後する, 手を引く. (3)（社会体制・学校などから）抜け出す；中途退学する. (4)《ラグビー》ドロップアウトする. (5)《印》（網版中の一部分の）網点を消す. ⇒DROPOUT fit ［ready］ to drop ((略式))疲れきって(tired out). let drop .../let ... drop (1)…を落とす. (2)〈言葉などを〉ふと漏らす. (3)〈話などを〉打ち切る.

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