■NHKラジオ 実践ビジネス英語 Shady Investment Seminar (1) 5/20 2009
意味を考えてみよう。今日取り上げる単語が含まれています。
But I feel sickened by the way some unscrupulous con artists
tried to rip off my mother.
And like many people in her situation, she'd been trying
to find a way out of her predicament.
I've been hearing a lot lately about retirees being bilked
out of their life savings by slick operators offering
attractive-sounding but fake investment schemes.
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feel sickened by, ...で気分が悪い
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If something sickens you, it makes you feel disgusted.
ex) The notion that art should be controlled by intellectuals
sickend him.
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unscrupulous, 悪徳の、あくどい
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If you describe a person as unscrupulous, you are critical
of the fact that they are prepared to act in a dishonest
or immoral way in order to get what they want.
ex) These kids are being exploited by very unscrupulous
people.
関連語です。
scrupuluous 良心的な、誠実な
scruples 良心のとがめ
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predicament, 苦境、窮地
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If you are in a predicament, you are in an unplesant
situation that is difficult to get out of.
ex) Hank explained our predicament.
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be bilked out of, ...をだまし取られる
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=cheat
To bilk someone out of something, especially money, means
to cheat them out of it. [AM][INFORMAL]
ex) He disappeared in 1980 after being convicted of
bilking investors out of $3 million.
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slick, ずる賢い、調子のいい
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A slick person speaks easily in a way that is likely to
convince people, but is not sincere.
ex) Don't be fooled by a slick politicians.
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その他にも、次も押さえておきたい。[誌面の都合上省略] ★は重要表現
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I've felt better. , 体調 [気分] がよくない
con artist, 信用 [取り込み] 詐欺師
rip off, ...からだまし取る、...を食い物にする
find a way out of, ...から逃れる道 [方法] を見つける
retiree, 退職者、引退した人
operator, （特にあくどいはかりごとを仕掛ける）詐欺師、策士、やり手
