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~英単語クイズ~ 2781. ~ 2790.

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2781. <Q1> disembody ってどんなの?
ア.具体化されていない イ.体に魂が入ってない ウ.受胎していない
2782.<Q2> eavesdrop の eaves から何を連想する?
ア.evenings イ.events ウ.ears
"Sorry, I couldn't find what you were looking for," says Alexa ― she of the disembodied, faintly robotic voice programmed into Amazon's virtual assistant, who he's failed to realize was eavesdropping.

2783. <Q> 楽屋は昔何色だった?
ア.緑 イ.赤 ウ.クリーム
During our conversation on a dreary January afternoon in a greenroom before a television interview, he references Aristotle, Konstantin Stanislavski and improv gurus Del Close and Keith Johnstone with a recall that belies the 22 years that have passed since he graduated with an M.F.A. in theater and began studying improv. 

2784. <Q> suicide の cide の意味は?
ア.kill イ.切る ウ.着る
For as much as the show was celebrated for its incisive social commentary, particularly about race in America, it also produced hours of absurdist vignettes that took
quotidian events ― like the interminable lineup of groups invited to board a plane before the average coach ticket holder ― to illogical extremes: "old religious people
with military babies," "Jason Schwartzman," "anyone with a blue suitcase." 

2785. <Q> embolden の意味は?
A new year has dawned in Washington, and this is what it looks like: a partial government shutdown in its third week; a new Congress sworn in only to sit on its hands; an emboldened House Speaker Nancy Pelosi refusing to cede an inch; and an angry President Donald Trump abandoning negotiations to take to television and make the case for crisis measures.

2786. <Q> defile の file 意味は?
ア.file  イ.fail  ウ.foul
Protesters say Bindu and Kanakadurga have defiled the temple, while the Communist-led government of Kerala hails them as heroes.

2787. <Q> en route の en の意味は?
ア.in  イ.an  ウ.on
They had turned them off to avoid tracking, but the friend taking them to their third safe house in three days says it's safe to use them en route.

2788. <Q> tableau で何を連想する?
ア.タブレット  イ.テーブル  ウ.タブロイド紙
But step back from the sordid details, and you could hardly get a more accurate tableau of America's new political reality: a nonfunctioning federal government whose leaders, each insisting the stakes are too high to budge, have retreated to their corners.

2789. <Q> biennium に入っているのは?
ア.bi  イ.any  ウ.annual
At the center of the drama are the two towering figures whose clash will define the next biennium.

2790. <Q> alpha male ってどんな男性?
ア.頭がよい イ.男らしい ウ.金持ち
But the President is obsessed with playing to his hard-core base of supporters ― and with his own self-image as a dominant alpha male ― and caving would be an epic
humiliation that could render him a premature lame duck and weaken his position ahead of a tough re-election campaign.

2781. <A1> イ
単語 disembodied[ディセンバディド]魂が抜けた、声だけが聞こえる
覚え方 語源:dis「ない」+em「中に」+body「体の」
2782. <A2> ウ
単語 eavesdrop[イーヴズドロップ]立ち聞きする、盗聴する
覚え方 イメージ:eaves → ears 耳を drop 壁に落とす  

2783. <A> ア
単語 greenroom[グリーンルーム]楽屋、控室
覚え方 そのまま

2784. <A> イ
単語 incisive[インサイスィヴ]鋭利な、的を射た、痛烈な
覚え方 語源:in「中に」+cisive「切りこむような」  

2785. <A> 大胆にさせる
単語 embolden[インボウルドゥン]人を大胆にする、大胆にして~させる
覚え方 語源:em「中に」+bold「大胆な状態の」+en「させる」 cf. enlighten  

2786. <A> ウ
単語 defile[ディファイル]汚す、不潔にする、冒涜する
覚え方 語源:de「悪くて」+file「= foul 汚い」  

2787. <A> ウ
単語 en route[アーンルート]途中で(の)
覚え方 語源:en route = ルートの上で = on the way  

2788. <A> ア、ウ(どれも語源は同じ石版)
単語 tableau[タブロウ]絵、絵画的描写
覚え方 カタカナ連想:タブレットやタブロイド紙で写真やマンガを見る 

2789. <A> ア、ウ
単語 biennium[バイエニアム]2年の期間
覚え方 語源:bi「= 2」+enni「= annual 年の」+um「もの」  
2790. <A> イ
単語 alpha male[アルファメイル] 群れを率いるリーダー的オス
覚え方 語源:alpha「始め、先頭の」+male「オス」 魅力的で肉食系な感じ

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