fend for

１．今日の単語は fend for です。まずは例文を見てみます。

Britney Spears won’t have to ‘fend for herself’ after conservatorship ends – The ‘Womanizer’ hitmaker is hoping that her 13-year conservatorship will be brought to an end later this year when the judge in her case makes a final decision at a hearing on November 12. And while her father and former conservator Jamie Spears has expressed concerns for Britney’s wellbeing in the event that she is freed from her conservatorship, sources have insisted the singer won’t be completely left alone without any help. (from Inside Nova)

この例文を見ると、必ずしも経済的なことに限らない単語だとわかります。

Eight Months After Coup, Myanmar Must Fend For Itself Amid Muted Response to Junta Abuses – Two-thirds of a year after the military seized power in a coup, government mismanagement has made life in Myanmar worse by nearly every metric, but the junta has shown little interest in stepping down and observers say that without a stronger global response the country could be heading for ruin. (from Radio Free Asia)

junta は臨時政府の意。誰も助けてくれない。。。

Now that the children are old enough to fend for themselves, we can go away on holiday by ourselves.

子供も大きくなりました。

The strike left a million commuters to fend for themselves in getting to work.

ストライキ発生。どうやって会社に行こうか。。。

Learning how to fend for oneself without the comfort blanket of a paternal employer is a sound discipline that can enhance one’s sense of selfworth.

fend for myself しようと努力すれば、自尊心も養われる、ということかな。

Fending for oneself in a cashstrapped ‘community’ with poor care provision is not for everyone.

誰もができるわけではない。

２．では、英英辞典と英和辞典の意味を確認しておきましょう。

to take care of and provide for yourself without depending on anyone else

to manage by oneself; get along without help

自力［独力］で生きていく

自活する

生活する、やりくりする

今日の単語は

fend for (oneself) 自活する

でした

半年前の単語は innate 先天的な

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