オバマ大統領就任演説についての最後の話題です。
We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth; and because we have tasted the bitter swill of civil war and segregation, and emerged from that dark chapter stronger and more united, we can not help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass; that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve; that as the world grows smaller, our common humanity shall reveal itself; and that America must play its role in ushering in a new era of peace.
"swill" が分からないので辞書を引きます。
名詞だと次ぎの様な意味しか見あたりません。Dictionary.com: 1. A mixture of liquid and solid food, such as table scraps, fed to animals, especially pigs; slop. 2. Kitchen waste; garbage. 3. A deep draft of liquor. 4. Nonsense; rubbish.
1, 2, 3の意味ではないし、戦争は確かに "Nonsense; rubbish" ではありますが、"swill of civil warの様な表現が一般的かどうかまだすっきりしません。 Dictionary.comの4にあたる例文はWiktionaryにありました。Wiktionary: anything disgusting or worthless; This new tv show is a worthless load of swill
辞書はあきらめて今度はGoogleで "swill of" を検索しました。 .
検索で出てきたほとんどがオバマ大統領就任演説の例なので余り参考になりませんが、Dictionary.comの３番目の意味をもつ例文が見つかりました。
THE SWILL OF VICTORY
FIVE BOROUGHS, 26 MILES AND A LIFETIME OF TRAINING: ONE MAN'S BEER-A-THON
そして色々寄り道をしたのですがオバマ大統領就任演説で使われた "swill of" を説明しているサイトを見つけました。（http://pseudopodia.org/2009/01/21/words-that-should-thrive-swill/） その説明は：
Swill- A collective term for nasty awfulness that is typically thought to be ingested. Swill is a great word in that it connotes its meaning in an almost onomatopoeic sense. A recent usage by the new POTUS may well move swill back up into hipster territory. Give it a try, sometime (by which we mean usage, not ingestion).
この説明の後に引用されている文は結局オバマ大統領就任演説の一節でした。
We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth; and because we have tasted the bitter swill of civil war and segregation, and emerged from that dark chapter stronger and more united, we can not help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass; that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve; that as the world grows smaller, our common humanity shall reveal itself; and that America must play its role in ushering in a new era of peace.
"swill" が分からないので辞書を引きます。
名詞だと次ぎの様な意味しか見あたりません。Dictionary.com: 1. A mixture of liquid and solid food, such as table scraps, fed to animals, especially pigs; slop. 2. Kitchen waste; garbage. 3. A deep draft of liquor. 4. Nonsense; rubbish.
1, 2, 3の意味ではないし、戦争は確かに "Nonsense; rubbish" ではありますが、"swill of civil warの様な表現が一般的かどうかまだすっきりしません。 Dictionary.comの4にあたる例文はWiktionaryにありました。Wiktionary: anything disgusting or worthless; This new tv show is a worthless load of swill
辞書はあきらめて今度はGoogleで "swill of" を検索しました。 .
検索で出てきたほとんどがオバマ大統領就任演説の例なので余り参考になりませんが、Dictionary.comの３番目の意味をもつ例文が見つかりました。
THE SWILL OF VICTORY
FIVE BOROUGHS, 26 MILES AND A LIFETIME OF TRAINING: ONE MAN'S BEER-A-THON
そして色々寄り道をしたのですがオバマ大統領就任演説で使われた "swill of" を説明しているサイトを見つけました。（http://pseudopodia.org/2009/01/21/words-that-should-thrive-swill/） その説明は：
Swill- A collective term for nasty awfulness that is typically thought to be ingested. Swill is a great word in that it connotes its meaning in an almost onomatopoeic sense. A recent usage by the new POTUS may well move swill back up into hipster territory. Give it a try, sometime (by which we mean usage, not ingestion).
この説明の後に引用されている文は結局オバマ大統領就任演説の一節でした。
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