１日に１０単語

■ Today's words

  • Ambivalent　　　　どちらかを決めかねる

having difficulty making a decision (adj)

  • Contradiction　　 矛盾

two statements that cannot both be true (n)

  • Erratic　　 　　　一定しない、とっぴな

unpredictable (adj)

  • Evanescent　　 　 はかない、つかのまの

likely to disappear (adj)　　

  • Expunge　　 　　 抹消する、全滅させる

to erase or eliminate completely (v)

  • Fickle 　　 　　　気まぐれの、変わりやすい

changing one’s feelings for no apparent reason (adj)

  • Fluctuate　　　　 変動する、揺れ動く

to change back and forth (v)

  • Inconsistent　　　一貫性のない、矛盾する

unpredictable; not agreeing logically (adj)

  • Molten　　 　　　 熱で融けた

so hot as to be in liquid form (adj)

  • Motley　　 　　　 種々雑多の、まだらの

having many different unrelated parts (adj)

  • Permutation　　 　並べ替え、入れ替え

a rearrangement or reshaping (n)


■ Ten words in sentences

  • 1. She seems to feel ambivalent about her new job.

2. He has an ambivalent attitude towards her.

3. There was ambivalence among the society about women becoming presidents.

  • 1. His public speeches are in direct contradiction to his personal lifestyle.

2. How can we resolve this apparent contradiction?

3. That's a contradiction of your last statement.

  • 1. Mary is a gifted but erratic player (=she does not always play well).

2. erratic behavior

  • 1. Details of his criminal activities were expunged from the file.

2. What happened just before the accident was expunged from his memory.

  • 1. The weather here is notoriously(famous) fickle.

2. the fickle world of fashion

3. a fickle friend

  • 1. During the crisis, oil prices fluctuated between $20 and $40 a barrel.

2. The unemplotment rate fluctuates between 5 and 6 percent.

3. Jim's mood <Jim> seems to fluctuate with the weather.

  • 1. The witnesses' statements were inconsistent.

2. inconsistent results

3. There is some inconsistency between the witnesses' evidence and their earlier statements.

2. molten lava 溶岩

  • 1. She had a motley group of friends at college.

2. The room was filled witha motley collection of furniture and paintings.

3. The audience was a motley crew(タイプの異なる人の集まり） of students and tourists.

  • 1. The possible permutations of x, y and z are xyz , xzy, yxz, yzx, zxy and zyx .

参考文献："Illustrated Word Smart" Princeton Review Series

"Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary"

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