今日の単語 snafu

snafu

今日の単語は snafu です。アクセントは fu にあります。見た目も音も面白い単語ですね。意味を英英辞典と英和辞典、両方で確認します。

a situation in which nothing has happened as planned

If you describe a situation as a snafu, you mean that it is disorderly or disorganized and that it is usually like this.

混乱状態、ゴタゴタ、大失敗、へま

例文をみてイメージを固めておきましょう。

Teleprompter snafu? No, PM’s speech interrupted because of a technical glitch – Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) online Davos Agenda 2022 summit on January 17. However, the headlines and social media trends about the event revolved around the moment when the PM stopped speaking midway through his speech. A large section of social media users, including leaders from opposition parties, alleged that the reason for the abruption was a teleprompter failure. PM Modi was mocked for not being able to deliver a speech without a teleprompter. (from Alt)

総理のスピーチが中断。プロンプターの失敗？

DHS: Emails potentially lost due to encryption snafu total 432,000 – The Iowa Department of Human Services says it lost as many as 432,000 emails that were encrypted and rendered unreadable after a change in software. As the Iowa Capital Dispatch reported last week, an attorney with the law office of Roxanne Conlin recently deposed an information technology worker for DHS in an effort to find out why emails the agency had turned over during litigation were encrypted, displaying nothing but lines of seemingly randomized characters. (from IOWA Capital Dispatch)

データの暗号化で大混乱。43万ものメールが失われた可能性あり。

The company isn’t wholly to blame for the snafu.

今回のごたごた、その会社のせいだけではない。

A single snafu (= serious mistake) by an airline can leave a lasting impression on travelers.

たった一度の大失敗が航空会社のイメージを長期にわたって悪くしてしまうことはあり得ます。

It may be the judge’s fault. It may be a lawyer’s fault. It may be a procedural snafu.

裁判官のせいかもしれないし、弁護士のせいかもしれない。あるいは手続き上のミスのせいかもしれない。

今日の単語は

snafu ごたごた、大混乱、大失敗

でした

1年前の単語は extol 褒めちぎる https://himekuieitango.extol