今日の単語 repercussion

repercussion

今日の単語は repercussion です。パーカッションといえば楽器ですね。re がついてどんな意味になるのでしょうか。英英辞典から意味を確認してみましょう。

the effect that an action, event, or decision has on something, especially a bad effect

If an action or event has repercussions, it causes unpleasant things to happen some time after the original action or event.

跳ね返り、〔大砲を発射したときの〕反動

反響、影響、余波、波紋

英英辞典の解説を見る限り、良いことにはあまり使わないようです

例文をみてみましょう

Any decrease in tourism could have serious repercussions for the local economy.

観光業が落ち込むと地域経済への影響は深刻になりえます

President Kennedy’s assassination had far-reaching repercussions.

ケネディ大統領暗殺の影響はかなりの広範囲に及んだ

The repercussions of her comments could be serious.

彼女のコメントへの反響は大きくなる可能性がある

It was an effort which was to have painful repercussions.

その努力には厳しい反響がついてくるものだった

Repercussions of ‘mini-budget’　- Author Yuval Noah Harari in his book ‘Homo Deus’ writes, “Many thinkers and prophets concluded that famine, plague, and war must be an integral part of God’s cosmic plan or of our imperfect nature, and nothing short of the end of time would free us from them”. However, for people living in third-world countries like Pakistan, it seems that exuberant and regressive taxation is also a permanent feature that gets worse with the passage of time. (from Business Recorder)

予算が少ないことの悪影響

Repercussions of Downing Street partygate report as Boris Johnson urged to step down – Boris Johnson is facing a major political crisis and there is real uncertainty over his future as prime minister. The length of his term may depend on the findings of a report into ‘partygate’ by civil servant Sue Gray　 (from Mirror)

イギリスのジョンソン首相。夜な夜なパーティをしていたことが発覚した反響で窮地に立たされています。

今日の単語は

repercussion 反響

でした

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