overdrive - 〔人を〕過度に働かせる

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 goes into overdrive during coronavirus crisis.

Link

www.yahoo.com

take credit for - 自分の手柄にする

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 that some confidants had told him to not “do anything, just ride it out and think of it as the flu.”

detour - 遠回り、回り道

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 from cultivating a lead to closing a sale 95% of the time takes a detour to an obstacle from the buyer.

downplay - 軽視する

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.

LinkedIn Learning - How to Manage Feeling Overwhelmed

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selloff - （株などの）大量売却

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 believe fiscal stimulus won't do much to arrest the market selloff.

コロナウィルス関連英語

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(live) paycheck to paycheck - その日暮らし

(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 live paycheck to paycheck.

news outlet - 報道機関

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 from directly employing Chinese nationals. They are instead employed through the Beijing Personnel Service Corporation for Diplomatic Missions, which is affiliated with the foreign ministry.
• access online news outlets（オンラインニュースサイト）

Plain English Guideline

アメリカ政府によるPlain Language Guideline

www.plainlanguage.gov