Question of the Day #60

A: "If you make the same mistake again, it might cost you your job."

B: "Your concern is duly noted."

上記の会話で、duly notedの意味は？
In the dialogue above, what does "duly noted" mean?

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解答

意味： Grammaristによると、


Duly notedは、何かを適切に認めていることを意味する。（詳細は、下記英文説明またはリンク先を参照。）（例えば、会議等でduly notedを使用する場合は、議事録等の公式な記録として残されることを意味する。）

ただし、口語において、事実ではあるけれど不適切または見当違いなことに対して皮肉として使用される場合がある。

Answer

According to the Grammarist:

Duly is the adverb corresponding to the adjective due. The relevant senses of due here are appropriate, deserved, and justified. So when we say something is duly noted, we mean that noting that thing (i.e., noticing or acknowledging it) is appropriate and justified.

In official contexts, duly noted implies that the thing being noted will get appropriate consideration when the time comes. In less formal contexts, the phrase is sometimes used ironically, often to dismiss something that might be true but is irrelevant.

Examples

• But the building is in a historic district, and the Landmarks Preservation Commission duly noted that the change had taken place without a permit.
• They have a nice variety of gluten-free items available, duly noted on their menu.
• All duly noted, but speed dating is a bit of a fad, isn’t it?
• Again Ilitch told Richner and Newman that their concerns were duly noted.
• It was duly noted that although as a doctor Dranov is a mandatory reporter, not one of the three men called the police.