今日の単語 murky
M 0件のコメントmurky
1．今日は murky です。使いやすくて便利ですよ。例文をみてニュアンスを確認してみましょう。
The Baby Brokers: Inside America’s Murky Private-Adoption Industry – Shyanne Klupp was 20 years old and homeless when she met her boyfriend in 2009. Within weeks, the two had married, and within months, she was pregnant. “I was so excited,” says Klupp. Soon, however, she learned that her new husband was facing serious jail time, and she reluctantly agreed to start looking into how to place their expected child for adoption. The couple called one of the first results that Google spat out: Adoption Network Law Center (ANLC). (from TIME)
子供を育てられない人が子供を里子に出す。アメリカではシステムが整っているような気がしますが、murky な部分はやはりあるようです。
Mask off? Face-covering requirements approach murky territory – PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Mask, or no mask? With more people becoming vaccinated, the answer to this question is confusing at best. Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser for the pandemic, told reporters on Sunday that mask requirements should “become more liberal” as vaccination rates increase. (from KOIN)
コロナワクチンを接種したらマスクは？
The river was brown and murky after the storm.
嵐のあと、川は濁ります。
The law here is a bit murky.
どの法律も murky な部分があるとは感じますが。。
２．意味はわかりましたが、英英辞典と英和辞典の意味を確認してみます。
dark and dirty, or difficult to see through
used to describe a situation that is complicated and unpleasant and about which many facts are not clear
dark or cloudy
dark, gloomy and cheerless
vague, unclear; confused
暗い、見通せない
濁った、よどんだ
立ち込めた
あいまいな、はっきりしない
うさんくさい
今日の単語は
murky 濁った、あいまいな、うさんくさい
でした