Reader's Digest 2月号の記事 "All in a Day's WORK" からの引用です。
As a high school Latin teacher, I'm used to fielding questions about my subject, which some find arcane and ancient. However, I was surprised when someone asked, "Do you have any native speakers in your class?"
Sadly, that person was the principal.
野球で野手がボールを上手くさばくのに "field" が使われると認識していますが、それから推測すると、このラテン語教師は生徒の質問を上手にこなしているのでしょう。 辞書で確認します。
・Oxford English Dictionary: Deal with (a difficult question, phone call, etc.): She has fielded five calls from salespeople.
・Collins Dictionary: If you say that someone fields a question, you mean that they answer it or deal with it, usually successfully.: He was later shown on television, fielding questions.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: to deal with a question, often by not answering it directly: He fielded some awkward questions very skilfully.
しかし、質問者が校長とはね。
As a high school Latin teacher, I'm used to fielding questions about my subject, which some find arcane and ancient. However, I was surprised when someone asked, "Do you have any native speakers in your class?"
Sadly, that person was the principal.
野球で野手がボールを上手くさばくのに "field" が使われると認識していますが、それから推測すると、このラテン語教師は生徒の質問を上手にこなしているのでしょう。 辞書で確認します。
・Oxford English Dictionary: Deal with (a difficult question, phone call, etc.): She has fielded five calls from salespeople.
・Collins Dictionary: If you say that someone fields a question, you mean that they answer it or deal with it, usually successfully.: He was later shown on television, fielding questions.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: to deal with a question, often by not answering it directly: He fielded some awkward questions very skilfully.
しかし、質問者が校長とはね。
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