furlough 〈米〉～を一時解雇する to allow or force someone to be absent temporarily from work Examples After safety concerns, the company furloughed all 4,000 of its employees. Walt Disney Co. is furloughing employees across all divisions i…

overdrive 〔車などを〕過度に運転し続ける、〔人を〕過度に働かせる a state of great activity, effort, or hard work Examples The official propaganda machine went into overdrive when war broke out. Need toilet paper? Procter & Gamble plant goe…

take credit for 自分の手柄にする、～のことで称賛される, ここでcreditは称賛、名誉 Examples How can he take credit for work he didn’t do? Trump took credit Tuesday for taking measures that he said had prevented the deaths of millions, noting…

detour 遠回り、回り道、迂回路 a different or less direct route to a place that is used to avoid a problem or to visit somewhere or do something on the way Examples You'd be wise to make a detour to avoid the roadworks. The pipeline route f…

downplay 軽視する、(…を)控えめに扱う to make something seem less important or less bad than it really is Examples Trump downplays coronavirus threat again, even as number of cases in U.S. surges.

www.linkedin.com

selloff 株、債券または商品の安売り、大量売り a sale of an investment, such as shares in a company, that causes its value to fall sell off 安く売り払う Examples Selloffs end when the problem that caused the selloff is under control. Others …

glats.co.jp www.yahoo.com

(live) paycheck to paycheck 給料ぎりぎりの暮らし、その日暮らし Examples As coronavirus shutdowns halt commerce across the U.S., low-wage workers, many of whom live paycheck to paycheck, are being quickly stung. In U.S., many hourly workers…

news outlet 報道機関 Examples Authorities in Beijing have forced at least seven Chinese nationals to stop working for American news outlets there, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. Foreign news outlets in China are barred …