grin and bear stagnant mutter and protest high-powered reap rewards bail out swell the corporate ranks enlightened
────────────────────────────── grin and bear, 笑って耐える ────────────────────────────── If you grin and bear it, you accept a difficult or unpleasant situation without complaining because you know there is nothing you can do to make things better.
本当に笑うわけではなさそうです
────────────────────────────── stagnant, 停滞した ────────────────────────────── If something such as a business or society is stagnant, there is little activity or change.
水が流れないでよどんだ、悪臭を放つ、という意味もあり。
────────────────────────────── mutter and protest, 不平を言って抗議する ────────────────────────────── If you mutter, you speak very quietly so that you cannot easily be heard, often because you are complaining about something.
聞き取れないくらいの声でぶつぶつと不平を言う。
────────────────────────────── high-powered, 精力的な、強力な ────────────────────────────── Someone who is high-powered or has a high-powered job has a very important and responsible job which requires a lot of ability.
────────────────────────────── reap rewards, 成果を得る ────────────────────────────── If you reap the benefits or the rewards of something, you enjoy the good things that happen as a result of it.
"NHKラジオ ビジネス英会話 Recruiting Top Talent (2) 8/30-31, 2006"
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