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2008年09月24日
カテゴリ：単語・フレーズ帳（ニュース）
汚染米の記事（→Handling of rice scandal leaves bad aftertaste）で見つけました。
Since moldy or pesticide-tainted rice is good only for the production of industrial-use glue and other non-edible products, it can be purchased cheaply. Mikasa Foods Co. and other companies that sold such rice by passing it off as edible were obviously out to make a quick buck. The president of Mikasa Foods admitted the company was in financial trouble, but that was no excuse whatsoever for feeding "industrial glue" to consumers for its own survival. ¶I'm not in this business for fun. I'm out to make money.（ぼくはこの仕事を趣味でやっているんじゃない。金を稼ごうと思ってやってるんだ） ¶Watch out for that fellow. He's out to make a fool of you.（あいつには気をつけろよ。きみをコケにしようとしているぞ） ¶It appears that the government is out to raise taxes again.（政府はまた税金を上げようともくろんでいるようだ） （E-DIC) お金関係でよく使われるのでしょうかね。 catapult Japan's Nomura will buy most of Lehman Brothers' business in Europe in an attempt to catapult itself into the major league of Western investment banks. ・be catapulted into [to] fame [celebrity] 一躍有名になる ・The CD catapulted her to international fame. その CD で彼女は一躍国際的な名声を得た. （研究社 新編英和活用大辞典） こんな文でも使われてました。 Winter Sonata catapulted its main actor and actress to world stage as international celebrities.[2005/02/01] お気に入りの記事を「いいね！」で応援しよう
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