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Vocabulary - 2018/06

counterintuitive

直観に反した

Ex) Mark Manson book - The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

homicide

殺人

Ex) According to a 2013 report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), between 2005 and 2012, the average homicide rate in the U.S. was 4.9 per 100,000 inhabitants compared to the average rate globally, which was 6.2.

weed out

〔好ましくないものを〕取り除く、除去[削除]する、to get rid of unwanted things or people from a group

Ex1) The first round of interviews only really serves to weed out the very weakest of applicants.
Ex2) So many people answered our job ad, it'll take days to weed out the less impressive resumes.