From the headline of this article at The Hill.
上記の文で、building blocksの意味は?
In the sentence above, what does "building blocks" mean?
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解答
意味:英辞郎には、building blocksだけの訳はないが、例文を見れば、下記のような訳になることがわかります。
構成単位、構成要素なぜこのような訳になるかというと、building blocksのもともとの意味は、「積み木」やレゴのような子供用の工作ブロックのことを言うからです。
上記問題の見出しでは、当然「積み木」ではないので「構成要素」でいいと思いますが、さらに意訳して「骨格」でもいいと思います。
Answer
According to The Idioms:
- something that is a basic element (of the subject)
- could literally be pointing at blocks that are used to build
- kid’s toy house bricks
Examples
- The building blocks of success, in my view, come from perseverance and hard work.
- The building blocks for my children’s future will be hope and faith.
- The building blocks for this hospital will be the talent and ability of the doctors here.
- Formed by the aggregation of one simple repeating trapezoidal volume at two scales, seating, landscape elements, and building blocks combine to create an all-encompassing, changeable scape of play and ‘zoidal’ discovery. — Lauren Ro, Curbed, "13 exciting designs for playground of the future," 10 May 2018
- The second layer then uses these as building blocks to detect slightly more complex shapes. — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, "How computers got shockingly good at recognizing images," 18 Dec. 2018