2015年10月24日土曜日

descend 下り降りる


descend には高い場所から低い場所に降りてくると言う意味がある。下り降りるとは不自然な日本語だが、descend のイメージに合っているように思う。よく聞くイディオムは descend on, descend upon で、時には到着するとも解釈できる。0:09 we're descending towards Hill Valley, California on Wednesday October 21st 2015. われわれは今2015年10月21日水曜日のカリフォルニア、ヒルバレーに向かって着時空態勢に入っている。

Back to the Future Day official trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh28XcnpzX4  0:02 it appears that there is more and more fire and smoke enveloping the very top of the building, and as fire crews are descending on this area, it does not appear that there's any kind of an effort up there yet. now remember, OMG!
9 11 - World Trade Center Attack - LIVE News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JswfjZ7KZ-0  6:11 Xia Shuqin was 8 years old when the Japanese Army descended on her city and carried out what would become known as 'The Rape of Nanking."
Exposing The Changing Face Of Superpower China
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FgzH2M5GrI  0;27 it's been kind of a whirlwind, very Donald Trump-esque, where he kind of just takes the whole state by storm whenever he descends onto Iowa.  
Donald Trump's Iowa machine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFyHm6RPJSY  0:13 every summer wealthy car owners from the Middle East descend on affluent parts of the city with their prized motors.
London's supercar crackdown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsXJ_bfy98c&ob=av3n  0:25 fear me you lords and lady preachers, I descend upon your earth from the skies.
Queen - Seven Seas Of Rhye (Live At Wembley Stadium, Saturday 12 July 1986)

練習問題解答
a-6949 descend on