2012年6月29日 星期五

psyched to, straw, the likes, confidence, overconfidence


Multiple Missteps Led to RIM's Fall
RIM is expected to report an operating loss following a decline caused partly by overconfidence in its keyboard devices amid the rise of touch-screen smartphones.




Luo Jye chairs Cheng Shin Rubber, a one-time manufacturer of bicycle tires that has grown into one of the world's largest supplier of automotive tires. Customers include GM and Ford. Cheng Shin's shares have risen 10% in the past year, helping to boost the Luo family's wealth by $300 million. The company, whose tires are sold under the "Maxxis" trade name, competes with the likes of Goodyear and Michelin.

Psyched to Buy, in Groups

By DAVID POGUE

Internet-organized group buying has been tried before by the likes of Mercato and MobShop, but Groupon seems to have created the right formula.

Living Planet | 30.09.2010 | 22:30

Swiss architect provokes rethink of straw houses

If Werner Schmidt were one of the three little pigs, he'd be the first one. He likes to build with straw.

Werner Schmidt has been using straw as an alternative material for insulation in a range of buildings over the past decade, and is drawing increasing attention for innovative solutions from as far away as Argentina and Australia.

psych


v., psyched, psych·ing, psyches. v.tr.
    1. To put into the right psychological frame of mind: The coach psyched the team before the game.
    2. To excite emotionally: The children were psyched to see the circus.
  1. To undermine the confidence of by psychological means; intimidate: "Depending on whose personality is stronger, one can more easily psych the other" (Harold C. Schonberg).
    1. To analyze, solve, or comprehend.
    2. To anticipate or guess the intentions of: "Most others could never approach [his] ability ... to psyche out the opposition's thinking so consistently" (Steven Brill).
  2. Informal. To analyze and treat by psychoanalysis.
v.intr.
To become confused or mentally deranged.

n. psych
Psychology.


overconfidence
n.
Excessive confidence; too great reliance or trust.


like[like1]

  • レベル:最重要
  • 発音記号[láik]
[形](more 〜, most 〜;時に((詩))lik・er, lik・est)((限定))
1 〈外見・形・性質などが〉同じの, 〈数量・価値などが〉等しい, ほぼ同じの[等しい]
things of like shape
同じ形の物
poems of like character
同じ性格の詩
in like mannerfashion
同様に.
2 似かよっている, 類似性をもつ
baseball, football, and like sports
野球・フットボールおよびそれに類するスポーツ
(as) like as two peas (in a pod)
とてもよく似て, うり二つで
two plants with like flowers
似たような花の咲く2種の植物
Things which seem to be like may be different.
外見は似ている事物にも区別を要することがある.
3 ((古・方言))ありそうで;(…)しそうで;(危うく)(…)しそうで((to do))
It isn't like he'll accept the offer.
彼はその申し出は受けそうもない
I had like to have said something else.
もう少しでほかのことを言うところだった.
━━[前]
1 (外観・内容などが)…に似て, 類似して, …でありそうで, …みたいで. ▼likeの直前にくるのはbe, seem, lookなどの連結詞
She was like a daughter to me.
私にとって彼女は娘のようなものでした
She is just like her mother.
じつに母親似だ
What's your job like?
あなたはどんな仕事をしていますか
You sound like a professor.
教授のような話し方だ
What was it like?
それは何に似ていましたか;それはどうでしたか(▼×Like what was it?とはいわない)
That woman over there looks like Mary.
向こうにいる女の人はメアリーに似ている(▼A woman like Mary would never act in that manner. は「メアリーのような女性ならあんなふるまいをしないだろう」)
There is nothing like a good glass of wine with dinner.
夕食のときの1杯のワインほどありがたいものはない.
[類語]be like ...は「AがBに似ている」という意味でもっとも一般的. 「AとBが相互に似ている」の場合はalike, similarどちらも用いる. resembleは外観や性格が似ている場合によく用いる. 名詞のlikenessは外観の類似, resemblanceは人物について用いることが多い.
2
(1) …と同じやり方で, 同じように;いかにも…らしいやり方で;…と同じ程度に;…に匹敵する
drink like a fish
大酒を飲む
act like a gentleman
(紳士でない人が)紳士らしくふるまう(▼「紳士が紳士としてふるまう」はact as a gentleman).
(2) …として(as)
They are killers and must be treated like killers.
人殺しなんだから人殺しとして扱うべきだ.
3 …の特性を示して, (いかにも)…らしく
That is like the prudent person you are.
いかにも君らしい慎重さだ
Isn't that like a girl
あまりにも女の子じみてないかい
That's just like him.
いかにもあいつのやりそうなことだ.
4 [look like A]〈Aが〉起こりそうで, (…する)徴候を示して. ▼Aは名詞・名詞句
It looks like rain.
雨になりそうだ.
5 [feel like A]〈Aを〉したい気持ちで. ▼Aは動名詞・名詞
feel like resting
休みたい気がする
feel like a beer
ビールを飲みたい.
6 (たとえば)…のような(such as)
hobbies like photography or painting
写真とか絵画のような趣味.
like this [that, so]
((話))
(1) (手順などを示しながら)こんなように, そんなふうに.
(2) ((like thatで))突然あっさりと, すぐさま(just like that).
more like ...
むしろ…に近い.
That's more like it.
((話))ずっといい;よくなった.
━━[副]
1 ざっと, おおよそ, ほぼ.
2 ((〜 enough))((略式))たぶん, おそらく(probably)
Like enough it will snow.
たぶん雪になろう.
3 ((非標準))
(1) ((ふつう文尾に用いて))いわば;…みたい(▼前の語の意味をやわらげる)
She seemed discontented, like.
何やら不満があるみたいだった.
(2) ((文尾・文中・文頭に用いて))((略式・話))その, まあ, 何か(sort of)(▼つなぎの言葉)
I helped him up, like, but he stood on his own.
ちょいとまあ手を貸してやったんだが, 彼は自分の足で立ったんだ.
(3) ((略式))((引用文の前で))…とか
I said like, “I love you. ”
「愛してるよ」とか言っちゃった.
like as ...
((古・方言))ちょうど…のように(just as).
like as not
((略式))たぶん, おそらく.
━━[接]((主に話))
1 …と同じように, のように
It's nice, just like you say.
まったくおっしゃるとおり結構なことですね
Use the spoon like I do.
私がするようにスプーンを使うんだよ
like I say
私が言うように.
2 あたかも[まるで]…のように
It looks like her bed wasn't slept in.
彼女のベッドに人の寝た形跡はないようだ(▼(1)くだけた会話ではitを略して, Looks like ...となる.  (2)文章体ではas ifが標準的)
The snow looks like it's about to stop.
雪はすぐやみそうだ.
━━[名]
1 ((通例one's 〜, the 〜))(…に)似た人[物], (…の)ような人[物];(…に)対応する人[物];つり合う人[物], 匹敵する人[物]((of ...))
I've never heardseenthe like(s) (of it).
((話))そんな話は聞いた[見た]ことがない
compare like with like
似たようなものを比較する
like attracts like
類は友を呼ぶ.
2 ((通例one's 〜))(…と)同類の人[物], 同じ型の人[物].
3 ((the 〜))《ゴルフ》(自分の打数が相手の打数と同じになる)最後のストローク.
and [or] the like
(ものを列挙した最後で)および[または]同種[同類]のもの, など.
the likes of me [you]
((話))私のような卑しい者ども[あなた方のようなりっぱな方々].
━━[動](自)((非標準))((方言))[like [had liked] to have done](今にも[危うく])…しそうであった(▼ふつう完了不定詞を伴うが, そのhaveを省略することもある)
I liked to have gone crazy.
気がおかしくなりそうだった.
[古英語gelīc(似ている). ge-は消失した. △LIKE2

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