2026年6月12日 星期五

issue, debate, debater, hunkered down in trenches and bunkers. hunker down:to make yourself comfortable in a place or situation, or to prepare to stay in a place or position for a long time, usually in order to achieve something or for protection:


Eventually, both wars settled into mostly static fighting along a largely frozen front. When soldiers on the Ukrainian battlefield hunkered down in trenches and bunkers in late 2022, historians described it as a return to World War I-style trench warfare.



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France Fines Apple $1.2 Billion for Antitrust Issues

France Fines Apple $1.2 Billion for Antitrust Issues

By DAVID McCABE
The fine comes as the iPhone maker deals with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

法國對蘋果公司反壟斷問題處以12億美元罰款
戴維·麥卡比(David McCABE)




Travel restrictions within the U.S. "have not been seriously discussed."
BLOOMBERG.COM

Americans Must Prepare to Hunker Down "Significantly More," Fauci Says



debater,

主な意味 討論参加者、討論者、討議者、論客,辯手

究社 新英和中辞典での「issue」の意味


issue

音節is・sue 発音記号・読み方/íʃuː|íʃuː, ísjuː/発音を聞く
動詞 他動詞
1
a
The commander issued several orders. 司令官はいくつかの命令を発した.
b
〔+目的語+to+(代)名詞〕〔…に〕〈…を〉出す,発する,発行する.
2
〈血・煙などを〉出す.
3
〔+目的語+前置詞+(代)名詞〕〈政府などが〉〔人などに〕〈ものを〉(官給品として)支給する,交付する 〔to〕; 〈人などに〉〔ものを〕支給する,交付する 〔with〕.
They issued an extra blanket to each soldier.=They issued each soldier with an extra blanket. 各兵士に毛布を一枚ずつ余分に配給した.
自動詞
1
A stream issues from the lake. ひと筋の小川がその湖から流れ出ている.
2
〔+from+(代)名詞〕〔…に〕由来する,〔…から〕起こる.
The trouble issued from her lack of knowledge. 不幸は彼女の無知から起こった.
名詞
b
可算名詞 発行物; (雑誌・新聞などの)…号,…刷.
c
可算名詞 [通例単数形で] 配給(物).
2
a
不可算名詞 [また an issue] 流出.
an issue of blood 出血.
b
可算名詞 流出物; 排出物.
3
可算名詞 重要な点,論(争)点; 問題(点) 《★【類語】 ⇒question 3》.
4
可算名詞 [通例単数形で] 結果,結末 〔of〕.
5
不可算名詞 [集合的に] 【法律, 法学】 子,子女.
die without issue 子を持たずに死ぬ.

名詞としての「issue」のイディオムやフレーズ
at íssuetàke [jóin] íssue
[ラテン語 exīre ‘go out' から]



hunker down
— phrasal verb with hunker verb


UK
/ˈhʌŋ.kər/ US
/ˈhʌŋ.kɚ/

US 頑固に位置を保つ、踵の上に座る、避難する



to sit down on your heels:


We hunkered down around the campfire, toasting marshmallows.


to make yourself comfortable in a place or situation, or to prepare to stay in a place or position for a long time, usually in order to achieve something or for protection:


The press have hunkered down for the night outside the palace, waiting for news of the royal birth.

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