Reader's Digest 4月号の記事 'Everyday Heroes Basketball Cop' からの引用です。
"I could tell he was like, 'Great, the cops are here. How's this gonna go?'" says White, now 48. To put him at ease, White said, "Can you believe that someone's calling about kids playing basketball?" Then he put his hand out for the ball. The tentative teen gave it to him. White turned toward the basket and clanked a shot off the rim.
"tentative" は「仮の」とか「一次的な」の意味でビジネスでよく使う単語ですが、"tentative teen" の様に人に使う場合の意味は知りません。辞書を見ます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: Done without confidence; hesitant.: he eventually tried a few tentative steps round his hospital room
・Collins Dictionary: If someone is tentative, they are cautious and not very confident because they are uncertain or afraid.: My first attempts at complaining were rather tentative.
・Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary: hesitant, uncertain ·a tentative smile
なるほど、不安や用心深さからためらいがちになるのですね。
"I could tell he was like, 'Great, the cops are here. How's this gonna go?'" says White, now 48. To put him at ease, White said, "Can you believe that someone's calling about kids playing basketball?" Then he put his hand out for the ball. The tentative teen gave it to him. White turned toward the basket and clanked a shot off the rim.
"tentative" は「仮の」とか「一次的な」の意味でビジネスでよく使う単語ですが、"tentative teen" の様に人に使う場合の意味は知りません。辞書を見ます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: Done without confidence; hesitant.: he eventually tried a few tentative steps round his hospital room
・Collins Dictionary: If someone is tentative, they are cautious and not very confident because they are uncertain or afraid.: My first attempts at complaining were rather tentative.
・Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary: hesitant, uncertain ·a tentative smile
なるほど、不安や用心深さからためらいがちになるのですね。
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