英語フレーズまとめ

(現代ビジネス英語 2023.秋号 Lesson 9 より）-

• physical bookstore
  • リアル書店、本の実店舗
• bookworm
  • 読書家、本の虫
    • Helen is a big bookworm, so her husband gave her a reading lamp for Christmas,
• brick-and-mortar
  • 実店舗の
• big-box
  • （店が）超大型の
• in ages
  • 長い間、久しぶりに
    • Jerry hasn't gone camping in ages, not since he was a little boy.
• hangout
  • 行きつけの場所、たまり場
• knowledgeable
  • 知識の豊富な、博識の
• literary debate
  • 文学に関する議論
• 　beat
  • 勝る、しのぐ
    • Filing our taxes online sure beats filing in paper forms.
• blurb
  • （新刊本や新製品などの）宣伝文
• serendipitous
  • 偶然に[予期せず]出会った[発見した]
    • What you don't get is that serendipitous sense of discovery that comes when you browse in a bookstore.
• browse
  • （本などを）拾い読みする、（商品を）見て回る
    • Alice loves browsing in office supply stores, to see if there's anything useful.
• mom-and-pop store
  • 夫婦[家族]経営の店、小さな個人商店

• fall for
  • …を好きになる、…にほれ込む
  • fall for scammers だまされる
    • Carl fell for his wife in graduate school.
• travelogue
  • 旅行記、紀行文
    • Sarah is reading a 19th-century travelogue about Japan.
• digital media outlet
  • デジタルメディアという発信媒体
• intellectual horizons
  • 知識の範囲、知的視野
• indie
  • インディーズの、独立系の
• quaint
  • 風変わりでおもしろい、古風で趣のある
    • I like small indie bookstores that are quaint and cozy with books piled up haphazardly all over the store.
• haphazardly
  • でたらめに、無計画に
    • Jenny's papers are strewn haphazardly across her desk.
• strew
  • ばらまく、まき散らす
• cost an arm and a leg
  • 法外なお金[費用]がかかる、高くつく
    • It costs an arm and a leg to remodel the kitchen.
• informative
  • 有益な、知識[情報]に富む
    • I found the notes and markings made by previous owners really interesting and informative.
• vibe
  • （人・状況などから受ける）感じ[印象、雰囲気]
• secondhand
  • 中古の、中古品を扱う
  • secondhand smoke 受動喫煙

• messy
  • 乱雑な、汚い、取り散らかした
    • Children's rooms are very messy.
    • The messier the books, the richer the information they contained.
• reduce pressure
  • 負荷を減らす
• a matter of time
  • 時間の問題
    • Peter says it's only a matter of time until paper money disappears.
• physical book
  • 紙の本
• electronically
  • 電子的に
    • Fewer trees would be cot down and books wouldn't have to be printed and shipped. Delivering a book electronically to a device was seen as the way of the future.
• the way of the future
  • 未来のやり方
• linger
  • 長居する、居残る
    • Several people lingered after the meeting to chat.
• pass the time
  • 時間をつぶす、空き時間を使う
    • Melissa likes to knit to pass the time during her daughter's swim lesson.
• sports venue
  • スポーツ大会の開催地
• e-book
  • 電子書籍、electronic book
• fall and rise
  • 衰退と台頭、減少と増加
  • 通常はrise and fall

• proliferation
  • 激増、拡散
• in-person shopping
  • 対面での買い物
• plummet
  • 急に下がる、急激に落ち込む
    • Stock prices plummeted after the two banks failed.
• be quick to
  • すぐに…する、…するのが素早い
• scale up
  • …の規模を拡大する
• curbside pickup
  • カーブサイド[道路わき、車道の歩道側]での受け取り
• pop-up store
  • 期間限定で出店・営業する店舗
• bookmobile
  • 本の移動販売車、移動図書館
• new crop of
  • …の新しい群れ[集団]、続出する新しい…
  • the latest crop of
    • A new crop of college graduates will soon hit the job market.
• pandemic-driven
  • パンデミックによって引き起こされた
    • The new crop of bookstores may also be the result of broader pandemic-driven shifts in the economy as people re-evaluated their lives and changed their jobs.
• be in demand
  • 需要がある
• domestic task
  • 家事
• drive
  • 促進する
• love affair with
  • …に夢中になること、…に熱中すること、…好き
    • The American love affair with cars is more than a century old.
• nostalgic
  • 懐かしく思う、郷愁を誘う
• resurgence
  • 復活、再燃
• competing
  • 対立する、相容れない
    • There are competing ideas about how to market this product.
• worldview
  • 世界観
• read promiscuously
  • 乱読する
• confusing
  • 困惑させるような、混乱した
• homebound
  • 外出tができない、家に引きこもった
    • We need books from all kinds of perspectives as we try to make sense of our complicated and confusing world.

• stay on top of
  • …に通じている、…を把握している
  • ≒ keep on top of
    • Brenda is an avid investor, so she stays on top of market trends.
• no sign of
  • …の兆しがまったくないこと
• municipality
  • 地方自治体
    • In fact, according to one article I read, more than a quarter of municipalities don't have any bookstores --- they are bookstore deserts.
• bookstore desert
  • 書店砂漠
    • The area around my office is a bookstore desert.
• unit cost
  • 単位原価、単価
• profit margin
  • 利益率、利益幅
• slim
  • わずかな、不十分な
    • A slim majority of the employees approved management's offer.
• push
  • （商品などを）売り込む
• price
  • 値段をつける
• as one sees fit
  • 自分が適切とみなす、自分の判断に応じて、自分の思い通りに
    • Each department head can assign projects as they see fit.
• literate
  • 読み書き能力のある、学識のある、文学に通じた