Kanae Minatoの小説 "Penance" を読み始めました。
The children weren't lying. Mr. Tanabe really was hiding. I can't understand it--a male teacher like him, abandoning his kids to hide by himself. Because of his actions Mr. Tanabe became known all over Japan as a weak, cowardly teacher.
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When you heard about a suspicious character breaking into school grounds, didn't you picture yourself taking quick-witted action and driving the person away?
Didn't you lash out, asking what this incompetent teacher thought he was doing, because you were so positive that you would have reacted differently?
"lash out" の "lash" は以前（10/10/2012）"lashing with the "cat"" で取り上げた際に、鞭を打つ意味があると知りましたが。上記引用文ではそのような暴力ではありません。 辞書を見ます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: to criticize somebody in an angry way: In a bitter article he lashed out at his critics.
・Collins Dictionary: If you lash out at someone or something, you speak to them or about them very angrily or critically.: As a politician Jefferson frequently lashed out at the press.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: to suddenly attack someone or something physically or criticize him, her, or it in an angry way: Why's Tina in such a bad mood? She really lashed out at me when I was late for work.
・Vocabulary.com: When you lash out at someone, you express your anger by saying or writing furious words about them. A writer whose book has been harshly criticized might lash out at the critic.
A politician might lash out at her opponent in a speech, and a journalist might lash out at polluting companies by writing an opinion piece for a newspaper. You can also lash out in a physical way, by kicking or hitting someone in anger — this is the phrase's original meaning, from the verb lash, "to whip."
"lash out" は怒鳴り散らすような暴言ですね。 最後に引用した辞書にある様に力による攻撃でも "lash out" は使われるのですね。
・Oxford English Dictionary: to suddenly try to hit somebody/something: She suddenly lashed out at the boy.
・Collins Dictionary: If you lash out, you attempt to hit someone quickly and violently with a weapon or with your hands or feet.: Riot police fired in the air and lashed out with clubs to disperse hundreds of demonstrators.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: to suddenly attack someone or something physically or criticize him, her, or it in an angry way: I was only teasing him and suddenly he lashed out (at me) and hit me in the face.
"lash out" する様な人はたいていろくな人間ではないと思いますが...
The children weren't lying. Mr. Tanabe really was hiding. I can't understand it--a male teacher like him, abandoning his kids to hide by himself. Because of his actions Mr. Tanabe became known all over Japan as a weak, cowardly teacher.
...
When you heard about a suspicious character breaking into school grounds, didn't you picture yourself taking quick-witted action and driving the person away?
Didn't you lash out, asking what this incompetent teacher thought he was doing, because you were so positive that you would have reacted differently?
"lash out" の "lash" は以前（10/10/2012）"lashing with the "cat"" で取り上げた際に、鞭を打つ意味があると知りましたが。上記引用文ではそのような暴力ではありません。 辞書を見ます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: to criticize somebody in an angry way: In a bitter article he lashed out at his critics.
・Collins Dictionary: If you lash out at someone or something, you speak to them or about them very angrily or critically.: As a politician Jefferson frequently lashed out at the press.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: to suddenly attack someone or something physically or criticize him, her, or it in an angry way: Why's Tina in such a bad mood? She really lashed out at me when I was late for work.
・Vocabulary.com: When you lash out at someone, you express your anger by saying or writing furious words about them. A writer whose book has been harshly criticized might lash out at the critic.
A politician might lash out at her opponent in a speech, and a journalist might lash out at polluting companies by writing an opinion piece for a newspaper. You can also lash out in a physical way, by kicking or hitting someone in anger — this is the phrase's original meaning, from the verb lash, "to whip."
"lash out" は怒鳴り散らすような暴言ですね。 最後に引用した辞書にある様に力による攻撃でも "lash out" は使われるのですね。
・Oxford English Dictionary: to suddenly try to hit somebody/something: She suddenly lashed out at the boy.
・Collins Dictionary: If you lash out, you attempt to hit someone quickly and violently with a weapon or with your hands or feet.: Riot police fired in the air and lashed out with clubs to disperse hundreds of demonstrators.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: to suddenly attack someone or something physically or criticize him, her, or it in an angry way: I was only teasing him and suddenly he lashed out (at me) and hit me in the face.
"lash out" する様な人はたいていろくな人間ではないと思いますが...
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