downbeat, upbeat, ailing, irreparable, antiquity.David Cameron is depending on a downbeat message that risks handing Eurosceptics the best tunes. Even if they are misleading

David Cameron is depending on a downbeat message that risks handing Eurosceptics the best tunes. Even if they are misleading

Britain's campaign to stay in the EU is negative—it shouldn't bet

David Cameron needs to tell a more positive story about Britain’s EU…

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Fifteen years laterand Keane was an art sensation. The American suburb had just been invented and millions of people suddenly had a lot of wall space to fill. Some of them – those who wanted their homes to express upbeat whimsy – opted for paintings of dogs playing pool or dogs playing poker.

Freud's Antiquities: A View from the Couch

Stephen Scully

Arion: A Journal of Humanities and the Classics
Third Series, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Fall, 1997), pp. 222-233
Published by: Trustees of Boston University
Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20163680

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His presence in the apartment is itself a delight. Loss of a cherished spouse is irreparable, but the presence of an upbeat grandson helps my mood. My grandson's presence is a welcome home "activity."



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irreparable[ir・rep・a・ra・ble]

• 発音記号[irépərəbl]

[形]直せない, 修繕できない；償えない, 取り戻せない, 回復できない.

ir・rep・a・ra・bly

[副]


upbeat Show phonetics
adjective INFORMAL
full of hope, happiness and good feelings:
Live music and a parade set an upbeat mood for the official opening.
NOTE: The opposite is downbeat.
━━ n., a. 上向き, 上昇; 【楽】指揮棒の振り上げ; 弱拍; 陽気な; 景気のいい; .

• 名
• 1. 《音楽》指揮棒｛しきぼう｝を上に動かすこと、弱拍｛じゃくはく｝◆【対】downbeat
• 2. 《音楽》弱起｛じゃっき｝、アウフタクト◆【同】pickup ; anacrusis
• 3. 〔良い事が起こりそうに感じる〕明るい気分｛きぶん｝
• 4. 〔景気などの〕上昇｛じょうしょう｝、上向｛うわむ｝き、好転｛こうてん｝、回復｛かいふく｝

• 形
• アップビートな、陽気｛ようき｝な、楽しい、明るい、楽天的｛らくてんてき｝な、強気｛つよき｝の、上向｛うわむ｝きの、景気｛けいき｝の良い

「upbeat」を使った用例

• agree with the upbeat assessment
• 景気｛けいき｝の上向｛うわむ｝き評価｛ひょうか｝に同意｛どうい｝する
• committed to having a team of upbeat people
• 《be 〜》明るさを備えたチーム作りに専念｛せんねん｝する［を持つことに専心｛せんしん｝する・を作ろうと頑張っている］
• deliver an upbeat assessment of
• 〜に楽観的｛らっかん てき｝な評価｛ひょうか｝を下す
• disagree with the upbeat assessment
• 景気｛けいき｝の上向｛うわむ｝き評価｛ひょうか｝に反対｛はんたい｝する
• express an upbeat view of the present state
• 現在｛げんざい｝の状況｛じょうきょう｝に対する楽観的｛らっかんてき｝な見方｛みかた｝を表明｛ひょうめい｝する

downbeat Show phonetics
adjective INFORMAL
quiet and without much excitement:
The actual signing of the treaty was a downbeat affair without any ceremony.
The band seemed rather downbeat, even unconcerned about their success.
Compare upbeat.n.

1. Music.
   1. The downward stroke made by a conductor to indicate the first beat of a measure.
   2. The first beat of a measure.
2. Informal. A period of stagnation or inactivity.

adj.
Cheerless; pessimistic.

• 名
• 1. 〔指揮者｛しきしゃ｝が〕指揮棒｛しきぼう｝を振り下ろすこと
• 2. 《音楽》強拍｛きょうはく｝
• 3. 〈米〉減退｛げんたい｝

• 形
• 1. 〈話〉〔映画｛えいが｝・音楽｛おんがく｝・ニュースなどが〕陰気｛いんき｝な、気のめいるような、悲しい結末｛けつまつ｝の
• 2. 〈話〉〔人が〕憂鬱｛ゆううつ｝な、落ち込んだ
• 3. 〈話〉のんびりした

「downbeat」を使った用例

• cite the continuing downbeat economic situation
• 継続｛けいぞく｝する悲観的｛ひかんてき｝な経済状態｛けいざい じょうたい｝について言及｛げんきゅう｝する
• downbeat business forecast
• 業績見通しの下降｛かこう｝
• downbeat figure
• 悲観的数字｛ひかん てき すうじ｝
• downbeat nystagmus
• 下向性眼振｛かこうせい がんしん｝  

• antiquity

    

  音節

  an • tiq • ui • ty

  発音

  æntíkwəti

  antiquityの変化形

  antiquities (複数形)

  [名]

  1 [U]年代を経ていること, 古さ
  

  a temple of great antiquity
  非常に古い寺院.

  2 [U]大昔, 古い時代, 太古；中世以前の時代（特にギリシャ・ローマ時代）, 上古, 古代
  

  from immemorial antiquity
  大昔から

  in remote antiquity
  大昔（に）.

  3 ((集合的))古代人. ▼特に古代の作家や職人をいう.

  4 ((通例-ties))古代の遺物［遺跡, 風習, 文化］；古器
  

  Greek and Roman antiquities
  古代ギリシャ・ローマの遺物.
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