冬は私の好きなラグビーの季節なのでTVの中継を見逃さないようにしています。千葉TVでは高校生の全国大会も中継しているのを知り何試合か録画していますが、見る時間が無いのでまだレコーダーの中に入ったままです。昨日はもちろん大学の準決勝の二戦を見ました。どちらの試合も一方的だったので余り面白くありませんでした。
さて、Never Let Me Goの主人公達は１８歳になるとHailshamを出て、Cottagesに移りました。次ぎの文のveteranはCottagesに数年先に入った人間を指しています。
Every now and again, you'd come across a porn mag at the Cottages, thrown behind a sofa or amidst a pile of old newspapers. They were what you'd call 'soft' porn, though we didn't know about such distinctions then. We'd never come across anything like that before and didn't know what to think. The veterans usually laughed when one showed up and flicked through it quickly in a blase way before throwing it aside, so we did the same.
"blase way" が分からないので辞書を見ます。
・Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary: 1: apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment : world-weary 2: sophisticated, worldly-wise 3: unconcerned: People get blase about their hometown.
・Vocabulary.com: 1. nonchalantly unconcerned 2. uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence 3. very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world: The adjective blase, describes someone who is bored with the pleasures of life because of frequent indulgence or exposure. When asked what she thought of the award ceremony, the actress yawned and replied, "It was blase. It was just like the last 15 award ceremonies I've been too.
小説の原文には、また多くの辞書にも "blase" のスペルの "e" の上には発音記号（アクサンテギュ）がついているので元はフランス語からの外来語と分かります。発音も英語の "blaze" とは異なります。 カタカナでかけばブラゼイですが、下記のURLで実際の音を確認できます。
http://www.merriam-webster.com/audio.php?file=blase001&word=blase&text=%5Cbl%C3%A4-%3CSPAN%20class%3Dunicode%3E%CB%88%3C%2FSPAN%3Ez%C4%81%5C
さて、Never Let Me Goの主人公達は１８歳になるとHailshamを出て、Cottagesに移りました。次ぎの文のveteranはCottagesに数年先に入った人間を指しています。
Every now and again, you'd come across a porn mag at the Cottages, thrown behind a sofa or amidst a pile of old newspapers. They were what you'd call 'soft' porn, though we didn't know about such distinctions then. We'd never come across anything like that before and didn't know what to think. The veterans usually laughed when one showed up and flicked through it quickly in a blase way before throwing it aside, so we did the same.
"blase way" が分からないので辞書を見ます。
・Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary: 1: apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment : world-weary 2: sophisticated, worldly-wise 3: unconcerned: People get blase about their hometown.
・Vocabulary.com: 1. nonchalantly unconcerned 2. uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence 3. very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world: The adjective blase, describes someone who is bored with the pleasures of life because of frequent indulgence or exposure. When asked what she thought of the award ceremony, the actress yawned and replied, "It was blase. It was just like the last 15 award ceremonies I've been too.
小説の原文には、また多くの辞書にも "blase" のスペルの "e" の上には発音記号（アクサンテギュ）がついているので元はフランス語からの外来語と分かります。発音も英語の "blaze" とは異なります。 カタカナでかけばブラゼイですが、下記のURLで実際の音を確認できます。
http://www.merriam-webster.com/audio.php?file=blase001&word=blase&text=%5Cbl%C3%A4-%3CSPAN%20class%3Dunicode%3E%CB%88%3C%2FSPAN%3Ez%C4%81%5C
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