Kanae Minatoの小説 "Penance" を読んでいます。
And I thought I should do something that would make my brother-in-law happy. I recalled my sister saying that during the next personnel reassignments he might be sent off to some prefectural backwater. The complacent thought struck me how nice it would be if he could man the little police substation in whatever town he ended up in, then I realized how tough this demotion had to be for him.
"man" が動詞として使われていますがどんな意味になるのでしょうか？ 辞書を見ます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: man something to work at a place or be in charge of a place or a machine: Soldiers manned barricades around the city.
・Collins Dictionary: If you man something such as a place or machine, you operate it or are in charge of it.: The station is seldom manned in the evening.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: to use or operate equipment or machinery as part of your work, or to work in a particular place: Extra staff are brought in to man the phone lines during busy periods.
若い人ならともかく、田舎の交番勤務は降格でしょうね。
And I thought I should do something that would make my brother-in-law happy. I recalled my sister saying that during the next personnel reassignments he might be sent off to some prefectural backwater. The complacent thought struck me how nice it would be if he could man the little police substation in whatever town he ended up in, then I realized how tough this demotion had to be for him.
"man" が動詞として使われていますがどんな意味になるのでしょうか？ 辞書を見ます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: man something to work at a place or be in charge of a place or a machine: Soldiers manned barricades around the city.
・Collins Dictionary: If you man something such as a place or machine, you operate it or are in charge of it.: The station is seldom manned in the evening.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: to use or operate equipment or machinery as part of your work, or to work in a particular place: Extra staff are brought in to man the phone lines during busy periods.
若い人ならともかく、田舎の交番勤務は降格でしょうね。
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