今日の単語 nag

nag

今日の単語は nag です。カジュアルな単語のようです。意味を確認しましょう。

to criticize or complain often in an annoying way, especially in order to try and make someone do something

If someone nags you, they keep asking you to do something you have not done yet or do not want to do.

〔しつこく人に〕文句を言う、〔うるさく言って人を〕うるさがらせる

〔悩みや苦痛が絶えず人を〕苦しめる、悩ませる

がみがみ、ですかね。例文をみてみましょう

If you stop nagging at me, I might actually do it.

しつこく言うのをやめてくれたら、やるかもしれない。

The more Sarah nagged her, the more stubborn Cissie became.

サラががみがみ言えば言うほどシシーはかたくなになった

She had stopped nagging him about never being home.

彼が家に帰ってこないことをがみがみ言うのはやめた。

Western nagging will not ease India’s Russia-China dilemma – Anxiety over New Delhi’s unwillingness to condemn Ukraine attack is mostly overdone. India’s unwillingness to condemn Russia for its invasion of Ukraine is causing irritation in the United States. “It remains unprepared to step up to major power responsibilities,” as Richard Haas, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, put it. “Disappointing as well as shortsighted given the rise of China.” Such unhappiness is understandable. Yet India’s actions actually stem from the opposite cause, namely grappling with the trade-offs that come with being an increasingly powerful Indo-Pacific player. (from Nikkei Asia)

西側諸国がしつこく言っても、インドのロシアー中国とのジレンマはなくならない。インドはロシアのウクライナ侵攻を批判もしない。これは行き過ぎ。

4 counterintuitive strategies to finally tackle those nagging projects – We all have those things on our to-do list that just never get crossed off. Here’s how to change that.　Do you have projects you’ve sidelined? Perhaps you’ve tried to implement time management strategies to tackle those to-do items—yet they still never get done. But, as these projects sit untended, they are taking up mental real estate and costing you peace. Here are some counterintuitive approaches to help you gain traction on those nagging projects. (from Fast Company)

ずっと気になっていること、やらなきゃいけないけど先延ばしにしていること、そのことを考えるだけで精神的な無駄遣いです。

今日の単語は

nag 小言をいう、しつこく悩ませる

でした

1年前の単語は redress 是正する https://himekurieitango.redress