今日の単語 havoc
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１．今日の単語 havoc はニュースでよく登場します。意味と使われ方をみていきましょう。まずは例文から。
Experts: Apple maggots could wreak havoc on Yakima Valley crops – Yakima County ships around 72,000 semi-truck trailers worth of apples each year and if just one apple is found to have larvae in them it can destroy an entire shipment. (from Komo news)
リンゴにつく害虫が発生したら収穫はどうなるでしょうか。
COVID wreaked havoc on Maine’s economy, but with the vaccine rollout well underway, it’s time to focus on our recovery. As small-business owners in Portland, we believe it’s vital to address the long-term consequences of our state’s aging population. We must take decisive steps to attract entrepreneurs and to ensure that our local companies have the workforce and skills they need to thrive. (from Maine Voices)
世界中同じですが、COVIDによって経済はどうなりましたか。
Violence Wreaking Havoc on Myanmar’s Economy – NHK World’s senior correspondent in Yangon, Iinuma Satoshi, reports on the latest developments in Myanmar, including the military’s use of heavy weapons against protesters and the damage the unrest is causing to the economy. (from NHK World News)
ミャンマー情勢。ここでも havoc が使われています。かなりのダメージです。
LETTER: Bike lanes bring havoc – Isn’t it interesting how bike enthusiasts require the total surrender of the automobile for Victoria’s six per cent of bicycle commuters? Brighton Street could be used for east-west bicycling much as Vancouver is for a north-south route. Downtown bike lanes are a grievous danger to a pedestrian not totally alert to buzzing cyclists. The closing of Richardson at Foul Bay to through vehicular traffic is totally insane. And contrary to the views of a previous letter writer, it is not about the extra seven minutes of inconvenience for drivers. It is about the general havoc that these bike lanes will cause elsewhere. (from Saanich News)
自転車専用レーンについての一般の方の意見ですね。確かに危険もあります。
２．おおよその意味は想像できたと思いますので、英英辞典、英和辞典の説明をみて確認します。
confusion, lack of order, especially causing damage or trouble
great destruction or devastation; ruinous damage
大損害、大破壊、大混乱、大惨事
めちゃくちゃに破壊する
３．havoc は負荷算名詞ですが、どんな動詞と組み合わせれるか確認しておきます。
wreck havoc on
cause havoc on
play havoc with
make havoc on
raise havoc on
今日の単語は
havoc 大惨事、大混乱
でした
確かにニュースで頻繁に登場するはずですね。havoc は少ないほどいい。