
disorientedは「混乱して、まごついて、方向がわからなくなって」(コンパスローズ英和辞典)。
この語は英語を書いたり話したりするときに使うと便利だ。
今日のGetUpEnglishはこの語を学習する。
Kazuo Ishiguroの幻の短篇 “A Village After Dark“の冒頭に次の表現がある。
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2001/05/21/a-village-after-dark
○Practical Example
There was a time when I could travel England for weeks on end and remain at my sharpest—when, if anything, the travelling gave me an edge. But now that I am older I become disoriented more easily. So it was that on arriving at the village just after dark I failed to find my bearings at all. I could hardly believe I was in the same village in which not so long ago I had lived and come to exercise such influence.
●Extra Point
次のようにも使われる。
◎Extra Example
We are often disoriented by the difference in customs when they go to a foreign country.
「外国に行くと習慣の違いによく戸惑う」