Napoleon HillのThink and Grow Richを読み始めました。1937に書かれた本なので内容が古い様ですが、借りた本は必ず終わりまで読みます。
When thid DESIRE, or impulse of thought, first flashed into his mind he was in no position to act upon it. Two difficulties stood in his way. He did not know Mr. Edison, and he did not have enough money to pay his railroad fare to Orange, New Jersey.
These difficulties were sufficient to have discouraged the majority of men from making any attempt to carry our the desire. But his was no ordinary desire! He was so determined to find a way to carry out his desire that he finally decided to travel by "blind baggage," rather than be defeated. (To the uninitiated, this means that he went to East Orange on a freight train).
懐かしい地名が出てきました。35年程前ですが、New JerseyのWestfieldに住んでいた頃に Orange, NJにあるエジソン博物館に行ったことを思い出しました。
最後の文の注釈に出てきた "uninitiated" ですが、接頭辞の "un" を除いた単語は馴染みのあるものですが、私の知っている意味では上記の文と意味としては合いません。辞書で "uninitiated" を見ます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: Without special knowledge or experience.: the discussion wasn't easy to follow for the uninitiated
・Collins Dictionary: You can refer to people who have no knowledge or experience of a particular subject or activity as the uninitiated.: Its appeal may not be immediately obvious to the uninitiated.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: not having knowledge or experience of a particular subject or activity: The author's goal was to introduce uninitiated readers to the area.
なるほど、すると "initiate" に何かを始める他に、誰かに知識などを教える意味がきっとあるのですね。
・Collins Dictionary: If you initiate someone into something, you introduce them to a particular skill or type of knowledge and teach them about it.: He initiated her into the study of other cultures.
When thid DESIRE, or impulse of thought, first flashed into his mind he was in no position to act upon it. Two difficulties stood in his way. He did not know Mr. Edison, and he did not have enough money to pay his railroad fare to Orange, New Jersey.
These difficulties were sufficient to have discouraged the majority of men from making any attempt to carry our the desire. But his was no ordinary desire! He was so determined to find a way to carry out his desire that he finally decided to travel by "blind baggage," rather than be defeated. (To the uninitiated, this means that he went to East Orange on a freight train).
懐かしい地名が出てきました。35年程前ですが、New JerseyのWestfieldに住んでいた頃に Orange, NJにあるエジソン博物館に行ったことを思い出しました。
最後の文の注釈に出てきた "uninitiated" ですが、接頭辞の "un" を除いた単語は馴染みのあるものですが、私の知っている意味では上記の文と意味としては合いません。辞書で "uninitiated" を見ます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: Without special knowledge or experience.: the discussion wasn't easy to follow for the uninitiated
・Collins Dictionary: You can refer to people who have no knowledge or experience of a particular subject or activity as the uninitiated.: Its appeal may not be immediately obvious to the uninitiated.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: not having knowledge or experience of a particular subject or activity: The author's goal was to introduce uninitiated readers to the area.
なるほど、すると "initiate" に何かを始める他に、誰かに知識などを教える意味がきっとあるのですね。
・Collins Dictionary: If you initiate someone into something, you introduce them to a particular skill or type of knowledge and teach them about it.: He initiated her into the study of other cultures.
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