語学の勉強

● assume … 何の根拠もないけどそう思う People automatically assume that surgeons are male. 人はみな外科医は男性だと機械的に決めてかかる。 Don't assume that I am a heavy drinker. 私が大酒のみだと決めつけないでくれ。 You should assume that once you lend money, it won't come back. 貸した金は返ってこないと思ったほうがいい。 ● presume … 何かしらの理由があってそう思う There is a tendency for people to presume that fat people are not athletic. 太っていると運動神経が鈍いと思われがちだ。 The cause of the fire is presumed to be arson. 出火の原因は放火と推定される。 A person is presumed to be innocent until proved guilty. 人は有罪が証明されるまでは無罪と推定される。

● hope … 可能性のある願望 I hope your dream comes true. 夢がかなうといいですね。 I hope you get over your cold soon. 風邪が早く治るといいですね。 I hope we have nice weather tomorrow. 明日晴れるといいですね。 ※ hopeの後は基本的に現在形だが、未来形にしてもよい。 ● wish … 可能性の低い願望、不可能な願望 （未来） I wish you would give up smoking. 君が禁煙してくれるといいんだけど。 I wish I could go with you. 一緒に行ければいいんだけど。 I wish our efforts might be successful. 私たちの努力がうまくいくとよいのだが。 （現在） I wish I were a bit younger. もう少し若かったらよいのですが。 I wish I knew her address. 彼女の住所がわかっていればなあ。 I wish I didn't have to go to work today. 今日仕事に行かなくてもよければいいのに。 （過去） I wish I had bought it. 買っておけばよかった。 I wish there had been more time. もっと時間があればよかったのに。 I wish you could have seen it. 君にも見せてやりたかったよ。

● seriously injured / hurt (重傷を負う) She was seriously injured in the plane crash. ● highly probable / likely (可能性が高い) It is highly probable that the stock price of this company will rise. ● cautiously optimistic (慎重ながらも楽観的な) The patient is still in a critical condition, but doctors are cautiously optimistic that he will make a full recovery. ● totally wrong (完全に間違っている) You are totally wrong to blame me. ● incredibly lazy (信じられないほど怠惰な) My husband has absolutely no ambition and is incredibly lazy. ● virtually impossible (ほとんど不可能な) It is virtually impossible for an adult to learn to speak a foreign language perfectly. ● absolutely incredible (まったく信じられない、信じられないほど素晴らしい) The Christmas decorations on this house are absolutely incredible. ● fully aware (十分に認識している) I'm fully aware of the risk. ● blatantly obvious (一目瞭然である) His interest in her was blatantly obvious. ● absurdly difficult (ばかみたいに難しい) This writer uses absurdly difficult words.