Question of the Day #1331

Downer News Bums Out Women But Not Men

From the headline of this article at the Smithsonian Magazine.

  上記の文で、downerの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "downer" mean?

  答えは、コメントに書いてください。
Write your answer in the Comments.

明日、ここに答えを書きます。
I will add the answer and other remarks here tomorrow.

 

---

   

解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

1. 鎮静剤◆可算◆通例、downers
2. 気をめいらせる［精神的に落ち込ませる］ようなこと［出来事・経験］◆可算

この単語は上記の両方の意味でしばしば使用されますが、例文の場合は2番の訳になります。

 

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

1. a depressant drug
2. someone or something depressing, disagreeable, or unsatisfactory
3. a weak, sick, or lame domesticated animal (such as a cow or pig) that is down and cannot get up

 

Examples

1. You lost your job? That's a real downer!
2. However, there are two enormous downers.
3. Of course, the downer is that the schedule gets much tougher down the stretch. — J.p. Pelzman, Forbes, 13 May 2021
4. The one visual downer is the stage, which is no longer wood. — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024
5. Europe and Asia are closing out the week on a downer note. — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2021

   

このサイトが役に立つと思ったら、ぜひ英語に関心のある知り合いとシェアしてください。