Question of the Day #1198

Will You Make Good on Your New Year’s Resolution?

From the headline of this article at the Harvard Business Review.

  上記の文で、Make good onとNew Year's resolutionの意味は？
In the sentence above, what do "make good on" and "New Year's resolution" mean?

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解答

意味：
  英辞郎によるとmake good onの訳は、

1. ～を遂行［履行］する
2. ～を返済［清算］する、～について弁償する

  英辞郎によるとNew Year's resolutionの訳は、

新年の誓い［決意・抱負］、元旦の決心

英辞郎はなぜか誓い・決意・決心の訳を使っていますが、この場合は日本語で普通に使っている「新年の抱負」でいいと思います。

 

Answer

  According to The Free Dictionary "make good on" means:

To fulfill an obligation, such as keeping a promise or paying a debt.

  According to Merriam-Webster "New Year's resolution" means:

a promise to do something differently in the new year

 

Examples

Make good on

1. You better make good on all the things you said you would deliver, or the client is not going to be happy.
2. Trust me, I always make good on my debts, OK?
3. My grandfather said he would pay for me to go to college, and he made good on that promise.
4. He was confident the allies would make good on their pledges.
5. He made good on that promise with arrival of his Netflix stand-up special “What Had Happened Was.” From Los Angeles Times

New Year's resolution

1. Her New Year's resolution is to exercise regularly.
2. "Have you made any New Year's resolutions?" "Yes, I'm going to eat more healthily and give up smoking."
3. My New Year's resolution this year is to spend less time playing Solitaire on the computer.
4. I stopped making New Year resolutions when I realized that I never kept any of them.
5. His New Year resolution to give up smoking had lasted exactly three hours, and he wheezed as he spoke. Forbes, Bryan A SONG AT TWILIGHT

   

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