They pooh-pooh a helping hand from above as if it had no bearing on their job performance.
When the crunch comes, that's sure to be self-defeating.
■意味を考えてみよう。答えは以下で
self-sufficient pooh-pooh have no bearing on crunch self-defeating sum someone up where one stands get in someone's way in one's best interests That's the ticket affable short fuse even-tempered serenely on an even keel equanimity cunning
────────────────────────────── self-sufficient, 自立した、自給自足の ────────────────────────────── Someone who is self-sufficient is able to live happily without anyone else.
ex) He'd created a tiny, self-sufficient world for himself.
────────────────────────────── pooh-pooh, 軽くあしらう、ばかにする ────────────────────────────── If someone pooh-poohs an idea or suggestion, they say or imply that it is foolish, impractical, or unnecessary.
ex) In the past he has pooh-poohed suggestions that he might succeed Issacs.
────────────────────────────── have no bearing on, …に何のかかわりもない ────────────────────────────── If something has a bearing on a situation or event, it is relevant to it.
ex) Experts generally agree that diet has an important bearing on your general health.
────────────────────────────── crunch, 危機、いざという時 ────────────────────────────── You can refer to an important time or event, for example when an important decision has to be made, as the crunch.
ex) He can rely on my support when the crunch comes.
────────────────────────────── self-defeating, 自滅的な ────────────────────────────── A plan or action that is self-defeating is likely to cause problems or difficulties instead of producing useful results.
ex) Dishonesty is ultimately self-defeating.
────────────────────────────── 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 ────────────────────────────── ★sum someone up, (人)を評価[判断]する where one stands, (人)の立場、(人)の考え get in someone's way, (人)の妨げになる、(人)の邪魔をする in one's best interests, …にために That's the ticket, その通り、そうとも affable, 取っつきやすい、親しみのもてる short fuse, 短気 even-tempered, 冷静な、情緒が安定している serenely, 穏やかに on an even keel, 安定して equanimity, 沈着、平静 cunning, 巧妙な、気の利いた
"NHKラジオ ビジネス英会話 Managing up (2) 10/3-4 2007"
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