1100 Words | Week 11

poignant / inundate / fruitless / garbled / sanguine / phlegmatic / corroborate / comprehensive / zealously / coerce / vigil / elapse / meticuous / muzzle / domicile / lax / sporadic / rash / conjecture / obviate / lurid / quip / to feather one's nest / fair-weather friends / to sow one's wild oats / windfall

 

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Week 11 Day 1

 

poignant /-njənt/

가슴 아픈[저미는] = moving

Longman    making you feel sad or full of pity poignant reminder/image/moment etc 
 

a poignant reminder of our nation’s great sacrifices
It is poignant that he missed his last chance. 그가 마지막 기회를 놓쳤다는 것이 마음 아프다.
It's a poignant story that really tugs at the heartstrings 그것은 정말 심금을 울리는 가슴에 사무치는 이야기이다.

 

inundate

감당 못할 정도로 주다[보내다] = overwhelm, swamp / 격식 침수시키다 = flood

Longman    
1 be inundated (with/by something) to receive so much of something that you cannot easily deal with it all = swamp
2 formal to cover an area with a large amount of water = flood 
 

After the broadcast, we were inundated with requests for more information.
We have been inundated with offers of help. 
우리에게 도와주겠다는 제의가 물밀듯이 몰려들었다.
The market is inundated with foreign goods. 
외국 제품이 범람하고 있다

The tidal wave inundated vast areas of cropland.
If the dam breaks, it will inundate large parts of the town. 
만약 댐이 무너지면 그 마을의 대부분 지역이 물에 잠길 것이다.
 

fruitless

성과[결실] 없는 (=unproductive), (↔fruitful)

Longman    failing to achieve what was wanted, especially after a lot of effort
fruitless attempt/exercise
 

a fruitless attempt to settle the dispute
So far, their search has been fruitless.
 

garbled

잘 알아들을 수 없는 = confused

Longman    a garbled statement or report is very unclear and confusing
 

The papers had some garbled version of the story.
He gave a garbled account of what had happened. 
그는 일어난 일에 대해 잘 알아들을 수 없는 얘기를 했다.
There was a garbled message from her on my voicemail. 
내 음성 메일에 그녀로부터 잘 알아들을 수 없는 메시지가 와 있었다.
 

sanguine

격식 낙관적인, 자신감이 넘치는 = optimistic

Longman    happy and hopeful about the future sanguine about
 

Other economists are more sanguine about the possibility of inflation.
He tends to take a sanguine view of the problems involved.
그는 관련된 문제들에 대해 낙관적인 견해를 갖는 경향이 있다.

 
 

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Week 11 Day 2

 

phlegmatic

침착한, 냉정한 (=calm)

Longman    calm and not easily excited or worried 

 

As a footballer his great asset was his calm, phlegmatic manner. 

축구선수로서 그가 가진 큰 자산은 침착하고 냉정한 태도였다.

The taxi driver, a phlegmatic man in middle age, showed no surprise at this request.

 

corroborate

격식 (진술·이론 등을 뒷받침하는 증거나 정보를) 제공하다, 확증[입증]하다 = confirm

Longman    to provide information that supports or helps to prove someone else’s statement, idea etc = back up

 

We now have new evidence to corroborate the defendant’s story.

Experiments elsewhere corroborate these results.

Recent research in this field seems to corroborate the conceded theory. 

이 분야의 최근 조사는 그 인정된 이론을 확증하는 것처럼 보인다.

 

comprehensive

포괄적인, 종합적인 = complete, full / 英 능력별 구분을 않는, 한 학교에서 모든 수준의 학생을 지도하는

Longman    

1 including all the necessary facts, details, or problems that need to be dealt with = thorough

comprehensive review/study/survey/account etc

2 comprehensive insurance/cover/policy motor insurance that pays for damage whether it is caused by you or someone else

3 comprehensive education/system a system of education in Britain in which children of different abilities go to the same school and are taught together 

 

We offer our customers a comprehensive range of financial products.

a comprehensive guide to British hotels and restaurants

The following guidelines do not aim to be totally comprehensive.

a thorough and comprehensive review of the case

 

zealously

열심히, 열광적으로

zealous    격식 열성적인

Longman    someone who is zealous does or supports something with great energy be zealous in (doing) something

 

This is a project the government is zealously pushing forward. 

이것은 정부가 의욕적으로 추진하고 있는 사업이다

a zealous preacher 

zealous political activists 

 No one was more zealous than Neil in supporting the proposal

 

coerce

격식 (협박하여) 강압하다[강제하다]

Longman    to force someone to do something they do not want to do by threatening them coerce somebody into (doing) something 

 

The rebels coerced the villagers into hiding them from the army.

The organization may coerce her to do the work. 

조직은 그녀에게 그 일을 하도록 강요할지도 모른다.

 

vigil

(밤샘) 간호, (철야) 기도[농성 등]

Longman    

1 a period of time, especially during the night, when you stay awake in order to pray, remain with someone who is ill, or watch for danger 

2 a silent political protest in which people wait outside a building, especially during the night silent/candle-lit vigil 

 

Eva and Paul kept a constant vigil by their daughter’s hospital bedside. 

His parents kept a round-the-clock vigil at his bedside.

그의 부모는 24시간 그의 병상을 지키며 간호했다.

Two thousand demonstrators held a candle-lit vigil outside the embassy.

Three hundred people held a silent vigil outside the embassy. 

300명의 사람들이 대사관 밖에서 침묵시위를 벌였다

 

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Week 11 Day 3

 
elapse

격식 (시간이) 흐르다[지나다] = go by

Longman    formal if a particular period of time elapses, it passes

 

The assignment must be completed within an overall elapsed time of one week.

Many years elapsed before they met again. 수년이 흐른 뒤에야 그들은 다시 만났다.

There are still four days to elapse before the former president answer about a government questionnaire. 

전임 대통령이 정부 질문에 답변할 시한이 아직 4일 남아 있다.

 

meticulous

꼼꼼한, 세심한 = fastidious, thorough

Longman    very careful about small details, and always making sure that everything is done correctly 

meticulous in / meticulous about 

 

Their planning and preparation were meticulous. 

He cleaned the tools with meticulous care. 

The book describes his journey in meticulous detail. 

He was meticulous in his use of words. 

He has always been so meticulous about his appearance. 

 

muzzle

n. (동물, 특히 개와 말의) 코와 주둥이 부분 → snout / (특히 사람을 물지 못하도록 개 입에 씌우는) 입마개

v. (개에게) 입마개를 씌우다 / (사람들에게 의견 표현을 못하도록) 재갈을 물리다 = gag

Longman    

1 the nose and mouth of an animal, especially a dog or horse 

2 a cover that you put over a dog’s mouth to stop it from biting people 

3 the open end of a gun, where the bullets come out

 

The government muzzled the press. 

정부가 언론에 재갈을 물렸다.

The politician put a gold muzzle on the citizens. 

정치가가 시민들에게 입막음 돈을 주었다.

The owner put a muzzle on her dog. 

주인은 자신의 개에 입마개를 씌웠다.

 

domicile

격식 또는 법률 거주지[주소](특히 공식적·법률적 목적으로 주소를 가리킬 때 쓰는 말)

Longman    the place where someone lives 

 

Military service entails frequent changes of domicile.

Any change of domicile should be notified to the proper authorities. 

주소가 바뀐다면 해당 당국에 알려야 한다.

 

lax

못마땅함 (일·규칙·기준 등에 대해) 느슨한[해이한] = slack, careless / 음성 이완음인 ↔ tense

Longman    not strict or careful enough about standards of behaviour, work, safety etc = slack lax in (doing) something

 

The company has been lax in carrying out its duties.

lax security

a lax attitude to health and safety regulations 

보건 안전 규정에 대해 해이한 태도

Enforcement of some laws in this city is lax. 

이 도시에서 몇몇 법들은 엄격하게 시행되고 있지 않다.

The subcommittee contends that the authorities were lax in investigating most of the cases. 

분과 위원회에서는 당국이 대부분의 사건을 느슨하게 조사한다고 주장한다.

 

sporadic

산발적인, 이따금 발생하는 = intermittent

Longman    happening fairly often, but not regularly

 

There has been sporadic violence downtown.

The sporadic attacks caused a lot of damage to the country. 

산발적인 공격이 그 나라에 많은 피해를 입혔다.

 

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Week 11 Day 4

 

rash

a. 경솔한, 성급한 = impulsive, reckless

n. 발진 / 많음; 다발, 빈발 = spate

Longman    if you are rash, you do things too quickly, without thinking carefully about whether they are sensible or not

 

Please Jessie, don’t do anything rash.

Don’t go making any rash decisions about your future!

He made a rash decision and now he is suffering for it.

그는 성급한 결정을 내렸고 이제 그것 때문에 고통받고 있다.

It was rather rash of you to lend them your car.

 

conjecture

추측(한 내용) = guess / 격식 추측하다

Longman    

1 when you form ideas or opinions without having very much information to base them on

2 an idea or opinion formed by guessing = guess, hypothesis

 

What she said was pure conjecture.

My results show that this conjecture was, in fact, correct.

The truth of his conjecture was confirmed by the newspaper report. 

그가 추측한 내용이 진실임이 신문 보도로 확인되었다.

I was right in my conjecture on his intentions.

그의 의도에 대한 나의 어림짐작이 맞았다.

 

obviate

격식 (문제·필요성을) 제거[배제]하다 = preclude

Longman    formal to prevent or avoid a problem or the need to do something = eliminate

 

The new treatment obviates the need for surgery.

The president tries to obviate the need for the investigations. 

대통령은 조사의 필요성을 미연에 방지하려고 했다.

Desktop computers often have Ethernet built into the motherboard and obviate the need for an Ethernet card to be plugged in.

데스크톱 컴퓨터는 마더보드에 이더넷이 장착되어 있는 경우가 많으므로 이더넷 카드를 연결하지 않아도 된다.
The necessity for preparing sandwiches was obviated when the picnic was postoned.
소풍이 연기되자, 샌드위치를 준비할 필요가 없어졌다.

 

lurid

충격적인, 끔찍한 / (색깔이) 야한[야단스러운]

Longman    

1 a description, story etc that is lurid is deliberately shocking and involves sex or violence = explicit

2 too brightly coloured = gaudy

 

lurid headlines

He told me in lurid detail what would happen to me.

Accurate reporting takes second place to lurid detail. 

정확한 보도는 끔찍한 세부 묘사보다 덜 중요한 것으로 여겨지고 있다[끔찍한 세부 묘사에 밀려 정확한 보도는 뒷전이다].

The paper gave all the lurid details of the murder. 

그 신문은 그 살인 사건의 모든 끔찍한 내용을 세세히 전하고 있었다.

a lurid orange dress

 

quip

재담(才談) / 재담을 하다

Longman    to say something clever and amusing

 

‘Giving up smoking is easy, ’ he quipped. ‘I’ve done it hundreds of times.’

His gravestone quip "I told you I was ill" raises a laugh. 

그의 재미있는 묘비명 "내가 아프다고 했잖아"는 실소케 한다.

Gentleman made a quip about being on television. 

젠틀맨은 텔레비전에 나와 재치있게 말햇다

 

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Week 11 Day 5

 

to feather one's nest

경멸적 (부정 수단으로) 사복(私腹)을 채우다, 돈을 모으다

Longman    to get money by dishonest methods

 

His main interest is how to feather his own nest. 

그의 주된 관심사는 자기 배를 불리는 것이다.
While working as the tax collector, he adroitly feathered his own nest.
세금 징수원으로 일하는 동안, 그는 능숙하게 이를 이용하여 부자가 되었다.

 

fair-weather friends

좋을 때만 친구; 일이 잘 진행될 때만 친구가 되는 사람(일이 잘 되지 않을 때는, 이 사람은 반드시 친구를 버릴 것이다)

Longman    someone who only wants to be your friend when you are successful

 

Bill wouldn't help me with my homework. He's just a fair-weather friend. 

빌은 나의 숙제를 도와주지 않는다. 그는 좋을 때만 친구이기 때문이다.

 

to sow one's wild oats

젊은 혈기로 방탕한 생활을 하다. / 야생 귀리를 뿌리다

Longman    if a man sows his wild oats, he has sex with many different women, especially when he is young

 

During his teen years, the millionaire avidly sowed his wild oats.
10대 시절, 그 백만장자는 심히 방탕하고 근심 없는 삶을 살았다.

 

windfall

우발적인 소득, 뜻밖의 횡재 / 바람에 떨어진 과실, 낙과(특히 사과)

Longman    

1 an amount of money that you get unexpectedly 

windfall gain/profit etc (=high profit that you did not expect to make) 

2 a piece of fruit that has fallen off a tree

 

his £2 million windfall in the lottery

The purpose of the windfall tax is to redistribute profits. 

횡재세의 목적은 이익을 재분배하는 것이다. 

When he found the full wallet in the street, he felt he had a sudden windfall. 

길에서 두툼한 지갑을 주운 그는 이게 웬 굴러들어온 호박인가 싶었다.