himazu words: 2006-03

2006-03-31

遺伝関係の英単語

autosome 常染色体
sex chromosome 性染色体
dominant (遺伝の)優性
recessive (遺伝の)劣性

sham

まがいもの, にせもの, いんちき, まやかし
a sham treatment

thought field therapy

精神療法の1つでこのサイトが有名。科学的には有効性が立証されていない。専門家の間ではあやしいと思われているようだ。

2006-03-30

The shoemaker's child goes barefoot.

「紺屋の白袴」「医者の不養生」の英語版。それほど確立したことわざではないようで、childの代わりにchildren, son, familyが使われることもあり、またshoemaker自身のこもある。同様のことわざとして以下もあるようだ。
The baker's child goes hungry.
The plumber's house always leaks.

bellyache

くどくど不平を言う, 泣き言を並べる
Yahoo is bellyaching about Flickr aquisition.

2006-03-29

appropriation

(議会で承認された)政府支出金; (米)(議会の)歳出の承認
the Senate Appropriations Committee 上院歳出委員会

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2006-03-25

vocal cords

声帯
cord: [解]索状組織, 帯, 綱
an umbilical cord: へその緒

2006-03-23

rendition

1. The act of rendering.
2. An interpretation of a musical score or a dramatic piece.
3. A performance of a musical or dramatic work.
4. A translation, often interpretive.
5. A surrender.

2006-03-22

towhead

a. A head of white-blond hair resembling tow. b. A person having such hair.
tow: Coarse broken flax or hemp fiber prepared for spinning.

2006-03-18

discern

明瞭に理解する
We have gone from an era of creating opportunity in 1965-1985 to scanning for opportunity in 1985-2005, to now, discerning opportunity in 2005-2025.

2006-03-17

hindrance

妨害する人［物］
like all evolved techniques, there are situations in which it's useful and situations in which it's a hindrance.

2006-03-16

gestalt

A physical, biological, psychological, or symbolic configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that its properties cannot be derived from a simple summation of its parts.

2006-03-11

こじつけ, あら捜し
I would have been a lot happier with Freakonomics if the crime chapter had been twice as long—and spent more time explaining just what is so peculiar, in terms of crime rates, about births prevented by abortion. But that's a quibble.