そういうわけで安部さんの Please call me Abe-san. の潔さには 感動したのでした。
■NHKラジオ 実践ビジネス英語 A Great Place to Work (3) 5/2 2008
昼食を自分の机まで持ってきてくれるサービス、いいですねー。 うちの会社でもやって欲しい!
■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。
There's a groundswell of corporate programs that provide such benefits.
I heard the trend was kicked off by an Internet search company.
I don't think it's a passing fad.
I haven't been this happy since we cornered the market on lipstick that doesn't smear!
────────────────────────────── groundswell, 盛り上がり、(世論などの)高まり ────────────────────────────── A sudden growth of public feeling or support for something is often called a groundswell. [JOURNALISM]
[フレーズ辞典] groundswell 〔名〕世論などの高まり, 盛り上がり
Influence peddling on behalf of foreign governments with no regard for human rights caused a groundswell of public protest.
人権をまったく無視した外国政府を利するためのロビー活動に対して, 世論の抗議が高まった.
────────────────────────────── kick off, …を開始する [始める] ────────────────────────────── If an event, game, series, or discussion kicks off, or is kicked off, it begins.
[フレーズ辞典] kick off 開始する, 始める
We will hold a major press conference in Tokyo for business and travel writers to kick off the program.
────────────────────────────── passing fad, 一時的な流行 ────────────────────────────── A passing fashion, activity, or feeling lasts for only a short period of time and is not worth taking very seriously.
ex) Hamnett does not believe environmental concern is a passing fad.
────────────────────────────── corner a market, 市場を独占する ────────────────────────────── If a company or place corners an area of trade, they gain control over it so that no one else can have any success in that area.
= monopolize
E-DICには「買い占める」とあります。
ex) This restaurant has cornered the Madrid market for specialist paellas.
────────────────────────────── smear, [動] こすれて汚す ────────────────────────────── If you smear a surface with an oily or sticky substance or smear the substance onto the surface, you spread a layer of the substance over the surface.
ex) Smear a little olive oil over the inside of the salad bowl.
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