Reader's Digest 11月号の記事 "Life Advice from 1,000 Strangers" からの引用です。
He'd zigzag to make sure he visited every state he'd missed along the way to the thing he'd done in decades, he introduced himself and gave the spiel he'd repeat during the weeks to come: "I'm driving around the country to talk to 1,000 strangers.
ドイツ語を少しかじったのは５０年前ですが、"spiel" は何かドイツ語の響きがします。 意味を辞書で調べます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: a speech that somebody has used many times that is intended to persuade you to believe something or buy something: The salesman went into a long spiel about the merits of the new design.
・Collins Dictionary: a glib plausible style of talk, associated esp with salespeople: You'll come out with a long spiel of direct commands, and then smile and ask, `What do you think?
・Cambridge English Dictionary: a speech, especially one that is long and spoken quickly and is intended to persuade the person listening about something: They gave us a long spiel about why we needed to install double glazing in our house.
・Vocabulary.com: A spiel is a lengthy, often glib talk that's intended to persuade or make excuses. Infomercials feature salespeople giving a 30-minute spiel about some product.
Used as a noun or verb, spiel originates from the German word spielen, meaning “to play." It's often somewhat rehearsed and should be greeted with skepticism. Upon turning 16, your child might give you a spiel about why they need a car for their birthday. In a political debate, if your stance doesn't sound original, thoughtful, and earnest, it may just come across as a spiel, leading your audience to think, "Oh, brother, there they go again."
これからは "spiel" で政治家の選挙演説を連想することにします。
He'd zigzag to make sure he visited every state he'd missed along the way to the thing he'd done in decades, he introduced himself and gave the spiel he'd repeat during the weeks to come: "I'm driving around the country to talk to 1,000 strangers.
ドイツ語を少しかじったのは５０年前ですが、"spiel" は何かドイツ語の響きがします。 意味を辞書で調べます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: a speech that somebody has used many times that is intended to persuade you to believe something or buy something: The salesman went into a long spiel about the merits of the new design.
・Collins Dictionary: a glib plausible style of talk, associated esp with salespeople: You'll come out with a long spiel of direct commands, and then smile and ask, `What do you think?
・Cambridge English Dictionary: a speech, especially one that is long and spoken quickly and is intended to persuade the person listening about something: They gave us a long spiel about why we needed to install double glazing in our house.
・Vocabulary.com: A spiel is a lengthy, often glib talk that's intended to persuade or make excuses. Infomercials feature salespeople giving a 30-minute spiel about some product.
Used as a noun or verb, spiel originates from the German word spielen, meaning “to play." It's often somewhat rehearsed and should be greeted with skepticism. Upon turning 16, your child might give you a spiel about why they need a car for their birthday. In a political debate, if your stance doesn't sound original, thoughtful, and earnest, it may just come across as a spiel, leading your audience to think, "Oh, brother, there they go again."
これからは "spiel" で政治家の選挙演説を連想することにします。
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