condone contend with be hard pressed brash scruffy persona cocky self-confident tough call
────────────────────────────── condone, 許す、大目に見る ────────────────────────────── If someone condones behaviour that is morally wrong, they accept it and allow it to happen.
ex) I have never encouraged nor condoned violence...
────────────────────────────── contend with, …を相手に苦労する ────────────────────────────── If you have to contend with a problem or difficulty, you have to deal with it or overcome it.
ex) It is time, once again, to contend with racism...
────────────────────────────── be hard pressed, 追い詰められる、四苦八苦する ────────────────────────────── If someone is hard-pressed, they are under a great deal of strain and worry, usually because they have not got enough money. [JOURNALISM]
ex) The region's hard-pressed consumers are spending less on luxuries.
────────────────────────────── brash, 生意気な、厚かましい ────────────────────────────── If you describe someone or their behaviour as brash, you disapprove of them because you think that they are too confident and aggressive.
ex) On stage she seems hard, brash and uncompromising.
────────────────────────────── scruffy, だらしない、みすぼらしい ────────────────────────────── Someone or something that is scruffy is dirty and untidy.
"NHKラジオ ビジネス英会話 Gen Y at Work (2) 1/10-11 2007"
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