今日の単語 Belittle
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1. 今日の単語は belittle です。be と little でどんな意味になりそうでしょうか。例文を見てみましょう。
Giroud, the coach was full of praise for them: “I do not want to belittle the rest, but when you look at the statistics, you realize that their goals and passes were what allowed us to be world champions.” (from bet365)
NEW DELHI: In a stern message to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the Election Commission on Tuesday said it is not proper to belittle the institution by calling it as being close to the ruling party and asserted that it would not like to be repeatedly “put in the dock” with innuendos and averments. (from the New Indian Express)
MEGHAN MARKLE has been accused of aiming to “belittle her wedding” by a royal expert, after a spokesperson for the Sussexes set the record straight on when the couple legally got married. (from Express)
2. ネガティブな意味のようですね。では英英辞典での説明をみておきましょう。
to make an action or a person seem as if he, she or it is not important
to regard or portray as less impressive or important than appearances indicate; depreciate
3. 日本語ではどう表現しますか。英和辞典の訳をみてみます。
過小評価する、軽視する、見くびる、軽く扱う、けなす、軽く扱う、けなす
4．類義語がたくさんありそうな気がしますね。類義語辞典から主なものをピックアップしておきます。
criticize, underestimate, decry, deride, discredit, downplay, scorn, disparage, etc.
5. 例文をもっと見ておきましょう。
No matter what you think of him as a person, you cannot belittle his great achievements in increasing the profit of our company.
A mother has filed a legal claim against a California school district after she said a teacher went on a racist rant against her son during a Zoom call. “The horrible comments the teacher made in the video are truly heartbreaking for a mother to hear and for her young son to hear,” said John Taylor, Stokes’ attorney, according to the publication. “It’s unthinkable that an educator would mock and belittle this family, and there is no doubt that this incident has scarred them.” (from Miami Herald)
今日の単語は
belittle 軽視する、過小評価する、見くだす
でした
昨日の単語は 今日の単語 Concede
1週間前の単語は 今日の単語 Mire