in tatters

１．今日の単語は in tatters です。まずは例文から意味を予想してみましょう。

Opinion: Angela Merkel has left the CDU in tatters – Over the past 16 years, we have heard much eulogizing about her, ranging from descriptions of her as “a rock of stability” and talk of her popularity having “reached new heights” to warnings that her successor will face an “uphill battle” (bit of a theme going on here). (from DW)

メルケル首相の安定長期政権が終わります。あちらこちらで混乱しそうですね。

Biden’s Predetermined Withdrawal Leaves Both Afghanistan and Western Coalitions in Tatters – If September 2021 feels like September 1938 it is because the United States, to paraphrase Winston Churchill,[1] had a choice between continued war or dishonor in Afghanistan. President Biden, like Neville Chamberlain 83 years earlier, chose dishonor and like Great Britain in 1939 will likely have war. (from Small Wars Journal)

After the newspaper story appeared his reputation was in tatters.

ニュースになってしまってから、彼の評判は in tatters になってしまった。

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。

torn pieces:

torn to pieces; in shreds

destroyed or ruined

ぼろぼろにちぎれて

ズタズタになって、ボロボロで

今日の単語は

in tatters ボロボロで

でした

半年前の単語は alacrity 敏速

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