'50 Psychology Ideas You Really Need to Know' by Adrian Furnham を読んでいます。
"What the witness saw" の章から引用します。
Could you accurately identify the person who sold you a newspaper this morning? And what if you were woken by a burglar whom you just saw fleetingly - are you sure you would 'finger' the right person in a classic identity parade? Howe many people languish in prison because of confident, but wrong, identification just because they looked 'a criminal type? And how many people get off serious crimes scot-free because they were not identified by one or more witness?
"languish" の意味を調べます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: languish (in something) to be forced to stay somewhere or suffer something unpleasant for a long time: She continues to languish in a foreign prison.
・Collins Dictionary: If someone languishes somewhere, they are forced to remain and suffer in an unpleasant situation.: Pollard continues to languish in prison.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: to exist in an unpleasant or unwanted situation, often for a long time: He has been languishing in jail for the past 20 years.
"languish" のこの意味は全ての辞書で最初に掲載されていました。
"What the witness saw" の章から引用します。
Could you accurately identify the person who sold you a newspaper this morning? And what if you were woken by a burglar whom you just saw fleetingly - are you sure you would 'finger' the right person in a classic identity parade? Howe many people languish in prison because of confident, but wrong, identification just because they looked 'a criminal type? And how many people get off serious crimes scot-free because they were not identified by one or more witness?
"languish" の意味を調べます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: languish (in something) to be forced to stay somewhere or suffer something unpleasant for a long time: She continues to languish in a foreign prison.
・Collins Dictionary: If someone languishes somewhere, they are forced to remain and suffer in an unpleasant situation.: Pollard continues to languish in prison.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: to exist in an unpleasant or unwanted situation, often for a long time: He has been languishing in jail for the past 20 years.
"languish" のこの意味は全ての辞書で最初に掲載されていました。
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