Yuval Noah Harariの "21 Lessons for the 21st Century" を読んでいます。
Lesson 18(Science Fiction)から引用します。
As we follow these personified biochemical mechanisms into the depths of Riley’s brain, we never encounter a soul, an authentic self, or a free will.
Indeed, the moment of revelation on which the entire plot hinges happens not when Riley discovers her single authentic self, but rather when it becomes evident that Riley cannot be identified with any single core, and that her well-being depends on the interaction of many different mechanisms.
At first, viewers are led to identify Riley with the lead character - the yellow cheerful joy. Yet eventually it turns out that this was the critical mistake that threatened to ruin Riley's life. By thinking that she alone is the authentic essence of Riley, Joy browbeats all the other inner characters, thereby disrupting the delicate equilibrium of Riley's brain.
"browbeat" は顔で脅している感じですが、辞書を見ます。
・Collins Dictionary: If someone tries to browbeat you, they try to force you to do what they want.: ...attempts to deceive, con, or browbeat the voters.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: to try to force someone to do something by threatening them or persuading them forcefully and unfairly: Don't be browbeaten into working more hours than you want.
・Vocabulary.com: To browbeat is to intimidate with language. Picture yourself in a police station. The cops are trying to get you to talk by using tough, even abusive, language. They are browbeating you.
When someone browbeats you, they're giving you a beating with their mouth and their mind. If your parents have to browbeat you into cleaning your room, they nag you, yell at you and they may even make fun of you and your bad cleaning habits. While the word brow means forehead, think that they're using their head, or brow, to beat you down. It's a figurative, rather than a literal, beating.
物理的な力ではなく、態度や言葉で脅かすのが "browbeat" ですね。
Lesson 18(Science Fiction)から引用します。
As we follow these personified biochemical mechanisms into the depths of Riley’s brain, we never encounter a soul, an authentic self, or a free will.
Indeed, the moment of revelation on which the entire plot hinges happens not when Riley discovers her single authentic self, but rather when it becomes evident that Riley cannot be identified with any single core, and that her well-being depends on the interaction of many different mechanisms.
At first, viewers are led to identify Riley with the lead character - the yellow cheerful joy. Yet eventually it turns out that this was the critical mistake that threatened to ruin Riley's life. By thinking that she alone is the authentic essence of Riley, Joy browbeats all the other inner characters, thereby disrupting the delicate equilibrium of Riley's brain.
"browbeat" は顔で脅している感じですが、辞書を見ます。
・Collins Dictionary: If someone tries to browbeat you, they try to force you to do what they want.: ...attempts to deceive, con, or browbeat the voters.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: to try to force someone to do something by threatening them or persuading them forcefully and unfairly: Don't be browbeaten into working more hours than you want.
・Vocabulary.com: To browbeat is to intimidate with language. Picture yourself in a police station. The cops are trying to get you to talk by using tough, even abusive, language. They are browbeating you.
When someone browbeats you, they're giving you a beating with their mouth and their mind. If your parents have to browbeat you into cleaning your room, they nag you, yell at you and they may even make fun of you and your bad cleaning habits. While the word brow means forehead, think that they're using their head, or brow, to beat you down. It's a figurative, rather than a literal, beating.
物理的な力ではなく、態度や言葉で脅かすのが "browbeat" ですね。
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