今日の単語 dreary

dreary

１．今日は単純な単語ですが、この季節（梅雨）にタイムリーな単語です。例文をみればすぐわかると思います。

Boston Celebrates July 4th Despite Dreary Weather
The Boston Pops Fireworks will launch about 10:30 p.m. on Boston Common and the forecast look much better for tonight than the last couple nights　(from 10 Boston)

dreary な天気だけど独立記念日のお祝いはします。

Farewell to Donald Rumsfeld, Dreary War Criminal – Rumsfeld managed to do terrible things throughout his life while remaining tremendously banal. (from the Intercept)

ラムズフェルド元国防長官が亡くなりましたが、やはりこのイメージにつきますね。

Back to dreary normal – he economy is returning to normal. Latest figures show that since November real GDP has risen 3.5 per cent and the number of employees by 429,000. Yes, both are still well below pre-pandemic levels, but we’re getting there. Which isn’t as good as you might think. Before the pandemic, the economy was stagnant. Labour productivity, for example grew only 0.3 per cent per year in the 10 years to 2020, compared with 2.2 per cent in the 30 years before the financial crisis. That’s why real wages were flat. (from the Investors Chronicle)

やはり目の前にまどわされず、長期的な視点を持ち続けないとだめですね。そもそも dreary でしたよね。

She spent another dreary day in the office.

よほど仕事がつまらないか、職場の人間関係が悪いか。

It was a gray, dreary day, with periods of rain.

雨が降ったりやんだり、空は灰色で dreary day　でした。gray と grey の違い気づいていましたか？

The problem may seem dreary, but it still needs spelling out in details.

いい例文ですよね。覚えやすい。

２．では、いつものように英英辞典と英和辞典の意味を確認してみましょう。

boring and making you feel unhappy

unattractive and having nothing of any interest, and therefore likely to make you feel sad

if you describe something as dreary, you mean that it is dull and depressing

causing sadness or gloom

dull, boring

sorrowful, sad

うっとうしい、もの悲しい

憂鬱な、退屈な

気が滅入る

ぞっとする

わびしい

今日の単語は

dreary 気が滅入る、退屈な

でした

1週間前の単語は　今日の単語　exploitation でした。搾取はダメですよね。フェアトレードで行きましょう。