今日の単語 plod

plod

１．今日は plod です。数か月前に prod を学びましたが、prod はつんつん突く、促す、の意味でしたね。plod はどんな意味でしょう。

No big finish in sight for COVID: Fitzgerald – Dr. Janice Fitzgerald said Wednesday what most people who’ve plodded through almost two years of COVID-19 tribulations have likely already guessed. This pandemic will end with a whimper, not a bang. “All indications are that the COVID-19 virus is on a path to becoming endemic, but it it is highly unlikely there will be any big finish, but rather gradual steps until we reach normalcy once again,” Newfoundland and Labrador’s chief medical officer of health said Wednesday. “Until then, please be patient and kind to one another.” (from Yahoo! News)

コロナは今日で終わり！なんてことはない。

Upcoming holidays present an opportunity to help the unvaccinated – Beginning in early October 2020, the deaths attributed to COVID-19 were beginning to climb, reaching a daily peak of over 4,000 deaths on Jan. 12, 2021. The nation plodded through the holiday season without widespread access to the remarkable vaccines that are now widely available. Effectively, everyone was vulnerable to infection and the deleterious risks that accompanied it. (from the Hill)

今はワクチンがありますが、去年のホリデーシーズンはみんな無防備でした。

Despite the wind and the rain, they plodded on until they reached the cabin.

雨と風のなか、キャビンまで plod しました。

We plodded through the mud.

泥の中ではスイスイ歩けませんよね。

He is plodding on with negotiations.

交渉が難航しています。

The plot unfolds at a plodding pace.

ストーリー展開が遅すぎてイライラする？

Aircraft production continued to plod along at an agonizingly slow pace.

悩ましいほど遅いペース。。。

For years, he’s plodded away at the same dull routine job.

同じ仕事ばかり延々やっている。

Alex is just plodding along at school, making very little progress.

だらだらやっていて進歩がないんですね。耳が痛い。

２．では、英英辞典と英和辞典にある意味を確認しておきましょう

to walk taking slow steps, as if your feet are heavy:

to work slowly and continuously, but without imagination, enthusiasm, or interest:

If someone plods, they walk slowly and heavily.

If you say that someone plods on or plods along with a job, you mean that the job is taking a long time.

とぼとぼと［重い足取りで］歩く

［単調に］働く

今日の単語は

plod 重い足取りで歩く、だらだら働く

でした

9か月前の単語は perpetrate 犯す　https://himekurieitango.perpetrate