つれづれなる日々にいろどりを

平凡な日々の中に彩りを見つけられることを生きがいにしたい今日この頃 -日々の備忘録-

Daily English 2020.10.17

今日の単語。

 

1. forgo(~なしで済ませる、断念する)

= Under the bad economic situation, many people are forgoing vacations.

 

2. concoct(でっち上げる)

= She concocted a story about being kidnapped.

 

3. defame(中傷する、名誉を棄損する

= The article defames her and invades her privacy.

 

4. denote(表す、示す、意味する)

= THe red triangle symbol denotes danger.

 

5. embezzle(着服する)

= He embexxled approximately $50.000 from his client.

 

6. exemplify(典型的に示す、~のよい例となる)

= This dish exemplifies her philosophy about cooking.

 

7. dissect(~を解剖する、詳しく調べる)

= His body was dissected for scientific porposes.

 

8. mortify(~に屈辱を与える、恥をかかせる)

= The failure mortified her pride.