英字新聞は購読していませんが、メールで送られてくるJapan TimesのDaily News Update（ニュースの一覧）だけは読んでいます。１０月１４日のニュースにこんな記事がありました。
Tokyo conference debates new normals as coronavirus drives change
Experts at the annual G1 Global Conference discussed the upending of traditional practices, digitalization, working styles and widening inequality.
"upending" を何十年も前にコンピュータ関係の英語で覚えた "append" と勘違いし、それでは何か変だと思い、記事の本文を読みました。
In a wide-ranging discussion that touched on topics as varied as overhauling traditional practices, digitalization, working styles and the issue of widening inequality, experts debated on Sunday changes that have been accelerated by the COVID-19 outbreak, at the annual G1 Global Conference held in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo.
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With the virus having infected over 37 million people and claimed 1 million lives worldwide, many nations have seen their economies ravaged and the public has shifted to a new normal.
"upend" をchange/overhaul/shiftなどで言い換えていますね。
一応辞書で確認します。
・Collins English Dictionary: to affect or upset drastically: The book argues that rapidly evolving technology will upend the power structure of society.
・Wiktionary: (figurative) To destroy, invalidate, overthrow, or defeat. : The scientific evidence upended the popular myth.
"upend" はよく見れば「逆さまにひっくり返す」意味であることは自明ですね。
Tokyo conference debates new normals as coronavirus drives change
Experts at the annual G1 Global Conference discussed the upending of traditional practices, digitalization, working styles and widening inequality.
"upending" を何十年も前にコンピュータ関係の英語で覚えた "append" と勘違いし、それでは何か変だと思い、記事の本文を読みました。
In a wide-ranging discussion that touched on topics as varied as overhauling traditional practices, digitalization, working styles and the issue of widening inequality, experts debated on Sunday changes that have been accelerated by the COVID-19 outbreak, at the annual G1 Global Conference held in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo.
...
With the virus having infected over 37 million people and claimed 1 million lives worldwide, many nations have seen their economies ravaged and the public has shifted to a new normal.
"upend" をchange/overhaul/shiftなどで言い換えていますね。
一応辞書で確認します。
・Collins English Dictionary: to affect or upset drastically: The book argues that rapidly evolving technology will upend the power structure of society.
・Wiktionary: (figurative) To destroy, invalidate, overthrow, or defeat. : The scientific evidence upended the popular myth.
"upend" はよく見れば「逆さまにひっくり返す」意味であることは自明ですね。
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