英語フレーズまとめ

(現代ビジネス英語 2023.秋号 Lesson 10 より）-

• split
  • 分裂した、意見が分かれて
    • The U.S. workforce seems split when it comes to remote versus in-person work.
• versus
  • …対、…に対して
    • Tony's son is debating the merits of working versus graduate school.
• in-person
  • 対面での、直接会っての
• adjust to
  • …に適応する
• embrace
  • 熱心に受け入れる、喜んで応じる
    • Our employees have happily embraced the four-day workweek.
• less of
  • （さほど）…でない
• die a slow death
  • ゆっくりと[徐々に]廃れる[死んでいく]
    • Pagers eventually died a slow death.
• in one way or another
  • 何らかの形で
• job seeker
  • 求職者
    • These days, most job seekers are looking for positions that let them work remotely at least part of the week.
• hospitality business
  • ホスピタリティー業（ホテル業、旅行業、レストラン業など）
• janitor
  • （ビル・学校・事務所などの）管理人[用務員]、清掃員
• hybrid
  • 混成物、合成物
    • Betty's music is a hybrid of classical and jazz.
    • More than 40% of people now working fully remotely, or in a hybrid of remote and in-person, say they'd quit if they were askes to work onsite full time.
• concern
  • …に関わる
• autonomy
  • 自主性、自律性
• pluses and minuses
  • 良い点と悪い点
  • 類語 pros and cons, upsides and downsides, advantages and disadvantages, benefits and drawbacks

• insist
  • 主張する、強く言う
    • Fred's boss insisted that he rewrite the entire report.
• fluorescent light
  • 蛍光灯
    • Insisting that they should be performed in cubicles under fluorescent lights is simply anachronistic.
• anachronistic
  • 時代錯誤の、時代遅れの
    • Paula feels that beauty pageants are anachronistic and sexist.
• suffer
  • 損なわれる、悪化する
    • Helen isn't getting enough sleep, and her work is suffering as a result.
• mentor
  • 指導する
• face time
  • 実際に会って対話する時間
• as long as
  • …する限りは、…であるからには
    • This restaurant can't improve its services as long as it's understaffed.
    • Getting workers to go back to five days a week at the office will be hard as long as workers can find a job at companies with more flexible policy.
• aside from
  • …の他に、…に加えて
• quiet quitting
  • 静かな退職（求められる仕事はこなすけれども、それ以上は頑張らない）
• be with
  • …に賛成している、…を理解している
  • be with Company X X社に勤務している
• cubicle
  • キュービクル

• ease
  • 緩和する、和らぐ
• toxic
  • とても不快な
• regret
  • 悔いる
    • John regrets not taking a gap year before collage.
• be inclined to
  • …の傾向がある、…をしがちである
    • David is inclined to be cautious when it comes to investing.
• sedentary lifestyle
  • 座りがちのライフスタイル
• mental and physical well-being
  • 　心身の健康
    • People who are inclined to sedentary lifestyle often discover that working from home isn't good for their mental and physical well-being.
• health span
  • 健康寿命
• prolonged
  • 長引く、長期にわたる
    • Economists expect a prolonged period of inflation.
• inactivity
  • 不活発、運動不足
• cardiovascular condition
  • 心臓血管系[循環器系]の病気
• hypertension
  • 高血圧
• chronic disease
  • 慢性病
• thrive on
  • （逆境など）を糧とする[によって成長する]
    • Karen thrives on competition, but Michael doesn't like the pressure.
• The grass isn't always greener on the other side of the fence.
  • 必ずしも垣根の向こう[他人]の芝生のほうが青いわけではない。
• posterior
  • 尻

• function
  • （正常に）機能する
• suburban sprawl
  • 郊外スプロール現象
• tedious
  • だらだらと続く、うんざりする
    • Jane's boss made a long, tedious speech at the year-end party.
• commute
  • 通勤
    • Many Americans have long, tedious commutes, often with nightmarish traffic jams.
• nightmarish
  • 悪夢のような、恐ろしい
    • We've had nightmarish weather: freezing rain and wind for a week.
• passing conversation
  • 何気ない会話
• trivial
  • ささいな、取るに足りない
• anything but great
  • 決してすばらしくない
  • anything but X = not X at all
    • The Great Depression was anything but great for millions of people.
• notion
  • 考え、意見
• be challenged
  • 反対される、異議を唱えられる
• be sick of
  • …にうんざり[飽き飽き]している
    • Vickey said she is sick of this cold, rainy weather.
• workday
  • 仕事日、就業日
• tracking software
  • 追跡ソフトウェア
• go for a run
  • ランニングに行く
  • That goes for me, too. 私も同じ意見である
• boomerang
  • （ブーメランのように）元の場所に戻る

• invasive
  • 侵入する、（プライバシーなどを）侵害する
    • Jason was asking a lot of invasive questions about Ben's marriage.
• keystroke
  • （キーボードなどでの）キー操作
    • Some companies use invasive monitoring of keystrokes or other supposed indicators of productivity.
• indicator
  • 指標、尺度
    • Weight is not the only indicator of how healthy we are.
• recognition by
  • …による評価、…に認められること
• limited growth opportunities
  • 限られた成長機会
    • They're suffering from a lack of recognition by their employer, limited growth opportunities at work or toxic work environments.
• feel demotivated
  • やる気を失う
• be underappreciated
  • 過小評価される、正当に評価されない
• pay the bills
  • 生活費を稼ぐ
  • 　≒ cover the costs of life
    • Theresa has to work two jobs to pay the bills.
• sacrifice
  • 犠牲にする、投げ打つ
    • Jesse sacrificed his weekends to make extra money.
• bricklayer
  • れんが（積み）職人
• have a sense of purpose
  • 目的意識[生きがい]を持つ
• calling
  • 天職、職業
  • occupation 職業（改まった語）。　What is your occupation? 職業を尋ねる丁寧な言い方。