Nicholas Epley著 "Mindwise" を読んでいます。
The most central claims of the gender difference crowd are so perfectly consistent with our stereotypes about men and women that their conclusions hardly seem surprising. In The Essential Difference, neuroscientist Simon Baron-Cohen argues that the most important gender difference is that woment tend to have better social senses--are better able to empathize with others, to recognize others' emotions, and to read the minds of others--than men do. Baron-Cohen, in contrast to other writers on this topic, makes a point of highlighting the large degree of similarity between men and women even on this apparently essential difference, advising us to be "careful not to overstate what can be concluded." Unfortunately, his book's title, which almomst necessarily simplifies complicated matters, does that caveat a disservice.
最後の文に出てきた "caveat" と "disservice" はかなり前（それぞれ9/3/2014 と4/16/2012）に取り上げた単語なので復習です。
"caveat" :
・Oxford English Dictionary: A warning or proviso of specific stipulations, conditions, or limitations.: There are a number of caveats which concern the validity of the assessment results.
・Collins Dictionary: A caveat is a warning of a specific limitation of something such as information or an agreement.: [formal] I've given it to them, but with the caveat that it didn't work.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: a warning to consider something before taking any more action, or a statement that limits a more general statement: He agreed to the interview, with the caveat that he could approve the final article.
"disservice":
・Oxford English Dictionary: A harmful action.: You have done a disservice to the African people by ignoring this fact.
・Collins Dictionary: If you do someone or something a disservice, you harm them in some way.: [formal] He said the protesters were doing a disservice to the nation.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: an action that harms something or someone: She has done a great disservice to her cause by suggesting that violence is justifiable.
"disservice" は次のニュアンスも気に留めた方が良さそうです。
・Vocabulary.com: an act intended to help that turns out badly: And as technology has improved - from elevators to email - we've only done ourselves a greater disservice by becoming more sedentary
The most central claims of the gender difference crowd are so perfectly consistent with our stereotypes about men and women that their conclusions hardly seem surprising. In The Essential Difference, neuroscientist Simon Baron-Cohen argues that the most important gender difference is that woment tend to have better social senses--are better able to empathize with others, to recognize others' emotions, and to read the minds of others--than men do. Baron-Cohen, in contrast to other writers on this topic, makes a point of highlighting the large degree of similarity between men and women even on this apparently essential difference, advising us to be "careful not to overstate what can be concluded." Unfortunately, his book's title, which almomst necessarily simplifies complicated matters, does that caveat a disservice.
最後の文に出てきた "caveat" と "disservice" はかなり前（それぞれ9/3/2014 と4/16/2012）に取り上げた単語なので復習です。
"caveat" :
・Oxford English Dictionary: A warning or proviso of specific stipulations, conditions, or limitations.: There are a number of caveats which concern the validity of the assessment results.
・Collins Dictionary: A caveat is a warning of a specific limitation of something such as information or an agreement.: [formal] I've given it to them, but with the caveat that it didn't work.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: a warning to consider something before taking any more action, or a statement that limits a more general statement: He agreed to the interview, with the caveat that he could approve the final article.
"disservice":
・Oxford English Dictionary: A harmful action.: You have done a disservice to the African people by ignoring this fact.
・Collins Dictionary: If you do someone or something a disservice, you harm them in some way.: [formal] He said the protesters were doing a disservice to the nation.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: an action that harms something or someone: She has done a great disservice to her cause by suggesting that violence is justifiable.
"disservice" は次のニュアンスも気に留めた方が良さそうです。
・Vocabulary.com: an act intended to help that turns out badly: And as technology has improved - from elevators to email - we've only done ourselves a greater disservice by becoming more sedentary
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