Seishi Yokomizoの小説 "The Honjin Murders" を読んでいます。 'A Great Tragedy'の章から引用します。
That was when Genshichi returned with the axe. Genzo asked Shoukichi to keep an eye open for anything untoward and went back to the west side of the house.
上記引用文から今日取り上げる単語 "untoward" も '12/20/2011' に取り上げていました。
・V2 Vocabulary Building Dictionary: 1. causing misfortune or disadvantage; 2. not appropriate or fitting; 3. beyond the ordinary or expected
Tips: The root word toward is most commonly used as a preposition, but it can also be used as an adjective, meaning "having a successful or good outcome." Untoward is the opposite of this. For a memory trick, think of how you would want to move toward something toward (fortunate), but you would want to move away from something untoward (unfortunate).
That was when Genshichi returned with the axe. Genzo asked Shoukichi to keep an eye open for anything untoward and went back to the west side of the house.
上記引用文から今日取り上げる単語 "untoward" も '12/20/2011' に取り上げていました。
・V2 Vocabulary Building Dictionary: 1. causing misfortune or disadvantage; 2. not appropriate or fitting; 3. beyond the ordinary or expected
Tips: The root word toward is most commonly used as a preposition, but it can also be used as an adjective, meaning "having a successful or good outcome." Untoward is the opposite of this. For a memory trick, think of how you would want to move toward something toward (fortunate), but you would want to move away from something untoward (unfortunate).
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