fall in line, impetus, Ride Crisis to Victory

 People like Ms. White of Harvard say that until consumers demand better conditions in overseas factories — as they did for companies like Nike and Gap, which today have overhauled conditions among suppliers — or regulators act, there is little impetus for radical change. Some Apple insiders agree.



Ride Crisis to Victory in Spanish Vote

Spain's conservative opposition won a sweeping electoral victory, in the latest sign that Europe's financial crisis is remaking the political map.

Riders fall in line after rail problem

ride
v., rode (rōd), rid·den (rĭd'n), rid·ing, rides. v.intr.

1. To be carried or conveyed, as in a vehicle or on horseback.
2. To travel over a surface: This car rides well.
3. To move by way of an intangible force or impetus; move as if on water: The President rode into office on a tide of discontent.
4. Nautical. To lie at anchor: battleships riding at the mouth of the estuary.
5. To seem to float: The moon was riding among the clouds.
6. To be sustained or supported on a pivot, axle, or other point.
7. To be contingent; depend: The final outcome rides on the results of the election.
8. To continue without interference: Let the matter ride.
9. To work or move from the proper place, especially on the body: pants that ride up.

v.tr.

1. To sit on and move in a given direction: rode a motorcycle to town; ride a horse to the village.
2. To travel over, along, or through: ride the highways.
3. To be supported or carried on: a swimmer riding the waves.
4. To take part in or do by riding: He rode his last race.
5. To cause to ride, especially to cause to be carried.
6. Nautical. To keep (a vessel) at anchor.
7. Informal.
   1. To tease or ridicule.
   2. To harass with persistent carping and criticism.
8. To keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot: Don't ride the clutch or the brakes.

n.

1. The act or an instance of riding, as in a vehicle or on an animal.
2. A path made for riding on horseback, especially through woodlands.
3. A device, such as one at an amusement park, that one rides for pleasure or excitement.
4. A means of transportation: waiting for her ride to come.

fall in line

Also, fall into line. Adhere to established rules or predetermined courses of action. For example,This idea falls in line with the entire agenda, or It wasn't easy to get all the tenants to fall into line concerning the rent hike. A related term is bring into line, meaning "to make someone fit established rules," as in It was her job to bring her class into line with the others. These terms employ line in the sense of "alignment," a usage dating from about 1500.

impetus[im・pe・tus]

• レベル：社会人必須
• 発音記号[ímpətəs]

[名]（複〜・es）

1 [U][C]起動力；勢い, はずみ；（…に対する）刺激((to ...))

gain ［lose］ impetus
勢いを得る［失う］

the impetus of a hard push from behind
背後からぐいと押されたはずみ

His success gave a great impetus to the others.
彼の成功は他の者に大きな刺激を与えた.

2 [U]《力学》運動力.

［ラテン語impetus （im-上に＋petere落ちる＋-tus過去分詞語尾＝上に突入すること）. △PETITION, REPEAT］