2017년 11월 26일 토요일 영어 공부

They derisively call their adversaries "social-justice warriors" and believe that liberal interest groups purposely exploit their weakness to gain pity, which allows them to control the levers of power.  

  -derisive adj. a derisive noise, expression, or remark expresses contempt

그들은 악의적으로 적을 "사회 정의 전사"라고 부르며 진보진영에서 의도적으로 동정심을 얻기 위해 이용하며, 그 동정심으로 권력의 축을 좌지우지 하고 있다고 믿는다.

No amounts of U.S. carrot or stick had reduced the regimes truculence.

  -truculent adj. defiantly aggressive, sullen, or obstreperous; if you say that someone is truculent, you mean that they are bad-tempered and aggressive

  -obstreperous adj. if you say that someone is obstreperous, you think that they are noisy ad difficult to control

미국의 당근과 채찍 전략이 그 체제의 반항심을 줄여본 적은 없다.

But Kim's intransigence has become an increasing problem for China.

  -intransigence n. if you talk about intransigence, you mean that they refuse to behave differently or to change their attitude to something

그러나 김의 고집스러움이 중국에는 점점 문제가 되고 있다.

Since 2014, McAuliffe, a Democrat, has re-enfranchised some 59,000 Virginians.

  -enfranchise v. to enfranchise someone means to give them the right to vote in elections

2014년 이래로 민주당의 맥올리프는 대략 59,000명의 버지니아 주민에게 선거권을 다시 부여했다.

Those who work in the field of climate change are rarely upbeat--regularly grappling with the end of the world can have that effect on your disposition--but there were greater grounds for optimism than ever before.

  -upbeat adj. if people or their opinions are upbeat, they are cheerful and hopeful about a situation

  -grapple v. if you grapple with a problem or difficulty, you try hard to solve it

기후변화와 관련된 분야에서 일하는 사람들이 신나하는 경우가 드문에, 거의 매일을 세계의 종말과 씨름하다 보니 자세가 그러한 듯 한데, 전에 없이 낙관에 대한 많은 근거가 생겼다.

Weekend after weekend, crowds estimated from 500,000 to 1.5 million have thronged central Seoul to demand Park's ouster.

  -throng v. when people throng somewhere, they go there in great number

  -ouster n. the act of dispossessing of freehold property; eviction; ejection

매주마다 오십만에서 많게는 백오십만의 군중의 서울 중심에 모여 박대통령의 축출을 요구하고 있다.

Owing to residual support among diehard conservatives, her approval rating across all ages stand at a paltry 4%.

  -residual adj. residual is used to describe what remains of something when most of it has gone

  -diehard n. a diehard is someone who is very strongly opposed to change and new idea, or who is a very strong supporter of a person or idea

  -paltry adj. a paltry amount of money or of something else is one that you consider to be very small

깡통보수 중 잔여 일부 덕분에 전연령대에서 그녀의 지지율은 4퍼센트에 머무르고 있다.

Prosecutors accuse Park of being Choi's accomplice, though the president is protected from criminal indictment by the constitution except for insurrection or treason.

  -insurrection n. an insurrection is violent action taken by a large group of people against the rulers of their country, usually in order to remove them from office

검사측은 박대통령을 최순실의 공모자로서 고소했지만 대통령은 반란이나 반역을 제외하고는 헌법에 의하여 범죄기소에 대하여 면제권이 있다.

Besides Choi, two former Park aides have been hit by various charges related to abuse of power, fraud and coercion, as well as leaking classified documents.

  -coercion n. coercion is the act or process of persuading someone forcefully o do something that they do not want to do

최순실 외에도 두 명의 박대통령의 전비서관들은 기밀문서누출뿐만 아니라 권력남용, 사기, 강제 등의 다양한 혐의를 받고 있다.

Park may be the nation's first female President, but she has always been more a dynastic scion than trailblazing feminist.

  -scion n. a scion of a rich or famous family is one of its younger or more recent member

박이 국가의 첫 여성대통령일지는 모르지만, 그녀는 선구적인 페미니스라기보다는 대통령 가문의 자식으로 보여졌다.

We pressed him repeatedly about the fall of communism until, chafting in his olive fatigues and the Yucatan humidity, he stopped stroking his beard and instead pounded his fist.

  -chafe v. if you chafe at something such as restriction, you feel annoyed about it 

우리는 그가 지중해와 유카탄의 습도에 짜증이 나서 수염 쓰다듬기를 그만두고 주먹을 내리칠 때까지 공산주의의 전락에 대하여 그를 지속적으로 압박했다.

But we were all too aware of its larger failures, evidenced by Castro's dictatorship and the harrowing economic hardships crippling the island during that post-Soviet "special period."

  -harrow v. to plunder or ravish

  -harrowing adj. a harrowing experience is extremely upsetting or disturbing

그러나 우리는 카스트로의 독재와 휘청이는 경제문제가 소련연합 이후 특수한 시기에 나라를 기울게 했다는 큰 실패에 대하여 잘 알고 있다.