be in order environs idiosyncrasy pay off be obliged to be in synch with reign quirk motif
────────────────────────────── be in order , 望ましい、整っている ────────────────────────────── If you think something is in order, you think it should happen or be provided.
ex) Reforms are clearly in order.
ビニエットでは、I think a series of tours is in order. とあり、和訳は「一とおり見学してもらうことが*望ましい*と思いますね。」 となっていますが、上のコウビルドの解説のように、 tours should be providedと解釈するとしっくりきますね。
────────────────────────────── environs , 周辺環境、近郊 ────────────────────────────── The environs of a place consist of the area immediately surrounding it.[FORMAL]
ex) the environs of Paris
────────────────────────────── idiosyncrasy , 特異性、特異体質 ────────────────────────────── = eccentricity, peculiarity If you talk about the idiosyncrasies of someone or something, you are referring to their rather unusual habits or characteristics.
ex) One of his idiosyncrasies was to wear thick orange gloves of the kitchen-sink variety.
────────────────────────────── pay off , 成果を生む、効果がある ────────────────────────────── If an action pays off, it is successful or profitable after a period of time.
ex) Sandra was determined to become a doctor and her persistence paid off.
────────────────────────────── be obliged to , …せざるをえない ────────────────────────────── = compel If you are obliged to do something, a situation, rule, or law makes it necessary for you to do that thing.
ex) The storm got worse and worse, Finally, I was obliged to abandon the car and continue on foot.
───────────────────────────── その他にも、次も押さえておきたい。[誌面の都合上省略] ────────────────────────────── be in synch with, …と合致[同調]している reign, 支配 quirk, 奇癖 = peculiarity motif, 主題 = keynote
"NHKラジオ ビジネス英会話 New Office Ambience (3) 4/6-7 2007"
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