今年の２月４日に開かれたＡＳＪ総会には皇太子も出席されました。情けない事に、ゲストスピーカーの名（皇族）を漢字で書けないのでＡＳＪの英文議事録から引用します。
We were honoured to have with us not only our honorary patron H.I.H. Princess Takamado, who was accompanied by her eldest daughter H.I.H. Princess Tsuguko, but also H.I.H. the Crown Prince, and, to complete the imperial presence, H.I.H. Princess Akiko of Mikasa, who was our speaker.
その "H.I.H. Princess Akiko of Mikasa" のレクチャーのタイトルは "Constructing the History of Japanese Art in the British Museum" で、その中に覚えたい単語がありました。
The Anderson Collection consists of 990 hanging scrolls, 92 handscrolls, 26 albums, three screens, one framed picture and various unmounted paintings; it covers almost all fields of Japanese painting and includes many different schools, with a preponderance of later Edo works, particularly those of the Kano school.
"preponderance" は前にも見た事がある単語ですが、意味を思い出せません。辞書を引きます。
・Collins Dictionary: the quality of being greater in weight, force, influence, etc ⇒ the preponderance of right-handed people
・Macmillan Dictionary: most of the people or things in a group: A preponderance of the students in the program came from overseas.
・Vocabulary.com: If there's a preponderance of something, there is A LOT of it. If you are a prosecutor, you are looking for a preponderance of evidence to convince the jury that the defendant is guilty.
We were honoured to have with us not only our honorary patron H.I.H. Princess Takamado, who was accompanied by her eldest daughter H.I.H. Princess Tsuguko, but also H.I.H. the Crown Prince, and, to complete the imperial presence, H.I.H. Princess Akiko of Mikasa, who was our speaker.
その "H.I.H. Princess Akiko of Mikasa" のレクチャーのタイトルは "Constructing the History of Japanese Art in the British Museum" で、その中に覚えたい単語がありました。
The Anderson Collection consists of 990 hanging scrolls, 92 handscrolls, 26 albums, three screens, one framed picture and various unmounted paintings; it covers almost all fields of Japanese painting and includes many different schools, with a preponderance of later Edo works, particularly those of the Kano school.
"preponderance" は前にも見た事がある単語ですが、意味を思い出せません。辞書を引きます。
・Collins Dictionary: the quality of being greater in weight, force, influence, etc ⇒ the preponderance of right-handed people
・Macmillan Dictionary: most of the people or things in a group: A preponderance of the students in the program came from overseas.
・Vocabulary.com: If there's a preponderance of something, there is A LOT of it. If you are a prosecutor, you are looking for a preponderance of evidence to convince the jury that the defendant is guilty.
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