Question of the Day #807

Chae Jong Hyeop And Park Ju Hyun Get Off On The Wrong Foot In New Romance Drama “Love All Play”

From the headline of this article at Gossip Chimp.

  上記の文で、get off on the wrong footの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "get off on the wrong foot" mean?

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意味：
英辞郎によると、

第一歩［出だし］を誤る、出だしで失敗する［つまずく］、悪いスタートを切る、滑り出しに失敗する

このイディオムは、どんなものにでも使用することができます。例文にあるように人間関係（特に初対面の場合）にも使うことができます。    

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

To have a bad start. Said of something that goes or has gone awry at the very beginning.

Examples

• Every time I come home on leave, we seem to get off on the wrong foot. We argue a lot.
• Given how the pair get off on the wrong foot, surely it's only a matter of time before they fall in love? The Sun (2014)
• Unfortunately, Pope got off on the wrong foot with his new troops.
• His career started off on the wrong foot when the company he joined had to shut down because of recession.
• I know we got off on the wrong foot when I was a half hour late to the interview, but I promise that I will always be on time once I start working here.

 

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Question of the Day #806

At the same time that sustainability advocates may be running on fumes, the scale of the threats to the planet exceeds the pace of solutions proliferating to address them, and this gap is only getting wider.

From the 3rd paragraph of this article at Green Biz.

  上記の文で、be running on fumesの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "be running on fumes" mean?

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意味：
アメリカでは、このイディオムをかなり聞くのですが、なぜか英辞郎・Weblio等に和訳はありません。したがって、The Free Dictionaryの定義を訳します。

熱意・エネルギー・資源がほとんどまたは全くない状態で働き続けること

このイディオムのfumesとは、ガソリン等の揮発油の揮発したガスのことです。
一見限られた状況でしか使用できないと思いがちですが、かなり多くの場面で使うことができます。  

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

To be continuing to operate with no or very little enthusiasm, energy, or resources left.

 

Examples

• She is determined to play in today's game, even if she is running on fumes by the end of it.
• There were times in my life in growing my business and managing my family that I was running on fumes.(Forbes Magazine)
• He plays a struggling writer whose self-confidence is running on fumes.
• I've been painting the house for four hours every night after work, and I am seriously running on fumes at this point.
• This project has been running on fumes. Its better if we close it.

 

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Question of the Day #805

Pervis Payne is no longer on death row.

From the first paragraph of this article at the Scientific American.

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

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意味：
英辞郎によると、

〈米〉死刑囚監房

下記英語の定義にあるように、普通は前置詞のonを使います。   

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

a prison area housing inmates sentenced to death —usually used with on

 

Examples

• He has been on Death Row for 11 years.
• Most death row inmates avoid execution for many years by filing several appeals. 
• He spent 15 years on death row before the sentence was commuted to life. - Times, Sunday Times (2014)
• That number includes the 116 inmates already moved from death row. — Mason Bissada, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
• An Alabama inmate has been removed from death row under a new deal. — al, 19 Nov. 2021

 

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Question of the Day #804

Gov. Rick Perry Is a 10th-Amendment Turncoat

From the headline of this article at The Atlantic.

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

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意味：
英辞郎によると、

裏切り者

   

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

one who switches to an opposing side or party

 

Examples

• His one-time admirers now accuse him of being a turncoat.
• He was taken to Berlin, questioned in a rather cursory fashion, apparently accepted as a genuine turncoat and employed by them. - Ross, Melville LOHENGRIN (1999)
• It is also true that one of the principle informers is a turncoat.
• Rivals questioned his credentials and reviled him as a turncoat who ratted out his comrades during a stint in a U.S. military prison. — Joby Warrick And Souad Mekhennet, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Feb. 2022
• In 1992, Gravano, who was the underboss and known for his unrelenting ferocity in any fight, went from one of the most powerful figures in the New York mafia to its most infamous turncoat. — Anna Perczak, ABC News, 27 Jan. 2022

 

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Question of the Day #803

Precarious truce in Yemen opens door for Iranian-Saudi dialogue

From the headline of this article at Israel Hayom.

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

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意味：
英辞郎によると、

1. 停戦（協定）、休戦
2. 一時的休止［中止・中断］

前回802のcease-fireとの基本的な違いは、cease-fireは短期で一時的なものに対して、truceは終戦の前段階の停戦です。

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

1. a suspension of fighting especially of considerable duration by agreement of opposing forces: ARMISTICE, CEASE-FIRE
2. a respite especially from a disagreeable or painful state or action

Examples

• The fragile truce between the two sides is not expected to last long.
• The fighting of recent days has given way to an uneasy truce between the two sides.
• They agreed to call a truce.
• Israel-Hamas truce talks and reconciliation between rival Palestinian factions. — The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Feb. 2022
• This is the first nationwide truce since the period around peace talks in Kuwait in 2016. — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 6 Apr. 2022

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Question of the Day #802

But every war must end some day, whether in a victory for one side or a split-the-difference cease-fire.

From the 2nd paragraph of this article at the West Central Tribute.

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

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意味：
英辞郎によると、

休戦、停戦

なお、ハイフォンのないcease fireは、「停戦する、打ち方やめ！」という動詞句なので名詞として使用の場合はハイフォンを入れた方が好ましい。メディアのスタイル（それぞれの新聞社・ニュース雑誌等の独自のスタイル）によってはワンワードのceasefireもあります。  

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

1. a military order to cease firing
2. a suspension of active hostilities

 

Examples

• They have agreed to a ceasefire after three years of conflict.
• U.N. officials are expressing cautious optimism that the latest cease-fire is holding.
• The ceasefire has crumbled and peace talks are at a standstill. - The Guardian (2016)
• The draft resolution was also expected to spell out the requirements for a political settlement leading to a permanent ceasefire. - Times, Sunday Times (2006)
• He declared a ceasefire yesterday and he didn't stop firing at us from six this morning until 11am. - Times, Sunday Times (2011)

 

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Question of the Day #801

EXPLAINER: Why the term ‘genocide’ matters in Ukraine war

From the headline of this article at AP News.

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

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意味：
英辞郎によると、

大［大量・集団］虐殺◆国民・人種・政治的集団に対する大量虐殺を意味する名詞で、第2次大戦中のナチスによるユダヤ人虐殺や、クメール・ルージュによる民族虐殺などについて使われる。

Genocideは、ただの大虐殺ではなく、特定の民族・国民・人種等を対象としているところがところが肝心です。  

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group

 

Examples

• They have alleged that acts of genocide and torture were carried out.
• World leaders have called for an investigation into whether war crimes, including genocide, were committed. — James Longman, ABC News, 6 Apr. 2022
• All three have been indicted on charges of crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide. — New York Times, 5 Apr. 2022
• The other said, “Hundreds of children are hidden, mistreated, starved, neglected, abused—even murdered—for no reason. Forcing children into the shadows can be counted as genocide.” - Among the Hidden
• Committee for Refugees estimated that approximately two hundred thousand people, or slightly less than a fifth of the total population of the Nuba region, were killed in what it called the Nuba genocide. - Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference

 

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