I got them to stop. I stopped the car. の違い。前者は苦労する感じがする。
I was most impressed. は I was quite impressed. と同じ。
コウビルドでは You use most to emphasize an adjective or adverb. [FORMAL] ex) I believe he is most painfully anxious about Diana.
■意味を考えてみよう。今日取り上げる単語が含まれています。
The Japanese police officers were so kind and courteous.
They really go out of their way to make sure that the streets are safe.
And I understand that they even lend money to people in need.
Police officers meet with community groups to pinpoint problems.
But would that be enough to continue bringing the crime rate down in this country.
────────────────────────────── courteous, [形] 親切な、丁寧な、礼儀正しい ────────────────────────────── Someone who is courteous is polite and respectul to other people.
ex) He was a kind and courteous man.
────────────────────────────── go out of one's way to, …するために力を尽くす、わざわざ…する ────────────────────────────── If you go out of your way to do something, for example to help someone, you make a special effort to do it.
ex) He was very kind to me and seemed to go out of his way to help me.
────────────────────────────── people in need, 困っている人たち ────────────────────────────── People in need do not have enough of essential things such as money, food, or good health.
ex) Remember that when both of you were in need, I was the one who loaned you money.
────────────────────────────── pinpoint problems, 問題を特定する ────────────────────────────── If you pinpoint the cause of something, you discover or explain the cause exactly.
ex) The commission pinpoints inadequate housing as a basic problem threatening village life.
────────────────────────────── bring the crime rate down, 犯罪率を低下させる ────────────────────────────── To bring down the level of something means to reduce it.
ex) to bring population growth down further
────────────────────────────── その他にも、次も押さえておきたい。[誌面の都合上省略] ★は重要表現 ────────────────────────────── patrolman on duty, 巡回中の警察官
"NHKラジオ 実践ビジネス英語 Office Chitchat (3) 6/20 2008"
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