Daily English 2020.08.15

今日の単語。

1. fetter（束縛する）

= He feels fettered by time.

2. undertake（着手する、取り掛かる）

= The government needs to undertake more reforms.

3. mollify（なだめる、慰める）

= He seemed somewhat mollified by my explanation.

4. avert（防ぐ、避ける）

= Nuclear war was narrowly averted when Kennedy and Khrushchev reached an agreement.

5. rectify（是正する）

= There is a need to rectify the situation immediately.

6. appease（なだめる）

= He tried to appease her with gentle words.

7. stem（食い止める）

= The government must stem the flow of illegal immigrants.

8. refute（誤りを証明する）

= The professor's theory was later refuted by his successor.