今日の単語 amass
A 0件のコメントamass
１．今日は amass です。a + mass かな。例文を見てみましょう。
Asian central banks amass record high in foreign exchange reserves – Asia’s emerging economies have accumulated their highest level of foreign exchange reserves since 2014, offering a powerful buffer against market volatility if the United States Federal Reserve changes course. (from the Straits Times)
最高記録。accumulate も使われていますので意味が想像しやすいですね。
Stop Guessing: Here’s Exactly How to Retire a Millionaire – Let’s get this out of the way: Lottery tickets, penny stocks, and multi-level marketing schemes are not reliable ways to amass a million-dollar retirement fund. Thankfully, there is one dependable strategy you can use if you have enough time on your side. Read on to learn the three-step plan that can carry you to millionaire status by the time you retire. (from the Waco Herald-Tribune)
大金持ちになってリタイアする方法ですか。読みたくなりますね。
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle want to hire brand guru who helped Nicole Scherzinger amass a £10million fortune with lucrative ad deals as they ‘rapidly expand their business empire’, source claims (from the Mail Online)
やり手のブランドコンサルタントを雇うようです。
She has amassed a huge fortune from her novels.
小説がたくさん売れて、大きな財産を amass しました。
We have amassed a large amount of information.
情報にも使える amass
２．意味がほぼわかりました。では、英英辞典と英和辞典の意味を確認してみます。
to get a large amount of something, especially money or information, by collecting it over a long period
to gather for oneself, collect as one’s own
to collect into a mass, pile; gather
to come together, assemble
蓄える、蓄積する
（特に貴重なものを）収集する
今日の単語は
amass 蓄える
でした