Japan Times Nov.26の次ぎの見出しが気になりました。
Anti-nuclear madness doesn't jibe with concern about global warming
この "jibe" は大昔ヨットに乗っていた頃覚えた方向転換を意味する "jibe" と二年前に取り上げた、馬鹿にする意味の "jibe" の何れの意味ではない事は明らかです。 記事の内容を読みます。 下に記事の一部を抜粋します。
But going from 4 percent to 30 percent renewables in the energy mix will take decades, and nobody has yet found an economically sustainable way to sequester the greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels.
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The truth is that as the Arctic sea ice melts and grain harvests are devastated by heat waves and drought, the world's third-largest user of nuclear energy has decided to go back to emitting lots and lots of carbon dioxide.
原発を廃止すれば火力発電に頼らざるを得ず、地球温暖化を加速化すると言うのが主旨の記事ですね。と言うことは見出しの "jibe" は「一致する」、「調和する」の意味と考えますが辞書で確認します。
・Cambridge English Dictionary: If one statement or opinion jibes with another, it is similar to it and matches it.: Her account of the accident jibes with mine.
・Vocabulary.com: To gibe is to sneer or heckle, but to jibe is to agree. Funny thing is, though, jibe is an alternate spelling of gibe, so surprise! People get them mixed up. Continue reading... A jibe can also be an insulting remark as another way to spell gibe. If someone directs that kind of jibe at you, the best response is a really good comeback. And in nautical terminology, jibe refers to a particular manner of changing the course of a ship. How did this word come to have such different meanings? Your guess is as good as ours. Just try to remember that if you want to jibe with others, don’t insult them.
最後に引用したVocabulary.comは "jibe" の三つの意味を説明してくれていますね。
Anti-nuclear madness doesn't jibe with concern about global warming
この "jibe" は大昔ヨットに乗っていた頃覚えた方向転換を意味する "jibe" と二年前に取り上げた、馬鹿にする意味の "jibe" の何れの意味ではない事は明らかです。 記事の内容を読みます。 下に記事の一部を抜粋します。
But going from 4 percent to 30 percent renewables in the energy mix will take decades, and nobody has yet found an economically sustainable way to sequester the greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels.
...
The truth is that as the Arctic sea ice melts and grain harvests are devastated by heat waves and drought, the world's third-largest user of nuclear energy has decided to go back to emitting lots and lots of carbon dioxide.
原発を廃止すれば火力発電に頼らざるを得ず、地球温暖化を加速化すると言うのが主旨の記事ですね。と言うことは見出しの "jibe" は「一致する」、「調和する」の意味と考えますが辞書で確認します。
・Cambridge English Dictionary: If one statement or opinion jibes with another, it is similar to it and matches it.: Her account of the accident jibes with mine.
・Vocabulary.com: To gibe is to sneer or heckle, but to jibe is to agree. Funny thing is, though, jibe is an alternate spelling of gibe, so surprise! People get them mixed up. Continue reading... A jibe can also be an insulting remark as another way to spell gibe. If someone directs that kind of jibe at you, the best response is a really good comeback. And in nautical terminology, jibe refers to a particular manner of changing the course of a ship. How did this word come to have such different meanings? Your guess is as good as ours. Just try to remember that if you want to jibe with others, don’t insult them.
最後に引用したVocabulary.comは "jibe" の三つの意味を説明してくれていますね。
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