NHKラジオ ビジネス英会話 Ethics in Business (5) 6/27-28 2007
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iPhoneが全米で発売されました。
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6250192.stm
Apple社に1年以上勤める人には無料でiPhoneが配られると
この記事には書かれています。いいですねー。
■意味を考えてみよう。答えは以下で
decisive
rash
spawn
do time
fabricate
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decisive, 明白な、疑いのない
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Say What You Meanより
If a fact, action, or event is decisive, it makes it certain
that there will be a particular result.
ex) his decisive victory in the presidential elections
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rash, 発疹
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A rash is an area of red spots that appears on your skin
when you are ill or have a bad reaction to something that
you have eaten or touched.
ex) I noticed a rash on my leg.
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spawn, 生む、次々と作り出す
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Ethics in Business (3)より
If something spawns something else, it causes it to happen
or to be created. [LITERARY]
ex) He wrote 54 crime novels, which spawned both movies and
television shows.
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do time, 服役する
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Ethics in Business (3)より
Someone who is doing time is in prison. [INFORMAL]
ex) He is serving 11 years for robbery, and did time for
a similar offence before that.
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fabricate, 捏造する、でっち上げる
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Ethics in Business (3)より
If someone fabricates information, they invent it in order
to deceive people.
ex) All four claim that officers fabricated evidence against them.
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