time is ripe for idle away serve no purpose thrive arbitrary out of date end better half
────────────────────────────── time is ripe for, …の好機である、…の機は熟した ────────────────────────────── If you say the time is ripe, you mean that a suitable time has arrived for something to be done.
ex) He told reporters that he thought the time was ripe for a normalisation of relations.
────────────────────────────── idle away, …をぶらぶらして過ごす ────────────────────────────── If you idle away a period of time, you relax by sitting or lying somewhere and doing nothing.
[NOTE] while away means almost the same as idle away.
ex) three old men, idling away the summer afternoon under the trees.
────────────────────────────── serve no purpose, 何の役にも立たない ────────────────────────────── E-DICより。
That won't serve our purpose. それではこちらの目的にかなっていない。
────────────────────────────── thrive, 栄える、元気に育つ、張り合いをもって生きる ────────────────────────────── If someone or something thrives, they do well and are successful, healthy, or strong.
ex) Today his company continues to thrive.
────────────────────────────── arbitrary, 勝手な、恣意的な ────────────────────────────── If you describe an action, rule, or decision as arbitrary, you think that it is not based on any principle, plan, or system. It often seems unfair because of this.
ex) Arbitrary arrests and detention without trial were common.
───────────────────────────── その他にも、次も押さえておきたい。[誌面の都合上省略] ────────────────────────────── out of date, 時代遅れの end, 目的 better half, 配偶者、つれあい
"NHKラジオ ビジネス英会話 To Dye or Not to Dye (4) 3/26-27 2007"
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