assumed debt 引受債務、引き継いだ債務 breakup fee 違約金On Thursday June 23rd, the state-controlled China National Offshore Oil Corporation made a cash bid of $18.5 billion for Unocal ($20.6 billion including assumed debt and a break-up fe…

get tough with 〜につらく当たる、〜に厳しくするUnless governments get tough with their powerful farming lobbies and cut their supports, farm subsidies could stymie further progress on world trade liberalisation五段階評価するThe answers wer…

steep 〜を浸す、ずぶぬれにする 〜に没頭する、（悪事）に染まる While most Japanese don't chant and meditate like monks every day, the culture is steeped in Buddhism, even if it's not obvious.security breach セキュリティー違反、機密保護違反…

come off 【句動-9】 〜という結果になる、〜の状態で終わる、判明するHe said a protest by Kao's group would come off as "profanity" to them and only benefit the mainland Chinese government.emotional distress 精神的苦痛Several people from Taiw…

bring oneself to 〜する気になる ・ Hetti couldn't bring herself to sell her late father's farm. ヘティーは亡くなった父親の農場を売る気になれなかった。 centerpiece 目玉的存在、中央にあるもの、最も重要なもの、最重要項目、最大の呼び物 ・ The …

surrender 引き渡すGovernments that have exhausted fiscal stimulus generally rely on monetary policy to soften downturns, but euro-area governments have surrendered control over their money supply to the European Central Bank. siphon 〈収入…

spent 消耗した、弱っている、消費されたThe less polite version is that Europe is a spent force, with slow economic growth, death-spiral demographics, unaffordable welfare states, simmering Muslim populations and little ability to project po…

sink to 【句動-2】 （価格や評価などが）〜まで下がる［下落する］・ The share price sink to $100. その株価は100ドルに下がった。・Japan's total fertility rate sank to 1.28 in calendar 2004, marking an all-time low for the fourth straight year…