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遠藤航選手の記事で英語を勉強する（その２）

昨日の続きです。BBC Sportの記事からわからない単語、イディオムをピックアップし意味と例文を書いていきます。

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今回学習する単語とイディオムのリスト

• courtesy of～
• relegation
• combative
• gumshield
• the aforementioned
• bulldoze
• header
• pundit
• dub
• wax lylical about～

単語とイディオムの解説

Last season, Stuttgart only stayed up courtesy of victory in the relegation play-offs over Hamburger SV. 

• courtesy of ～ 
  • 意味：～のため、～によって（="because of"と同じ意味）
• relegation（名詞）
  • 意味：追放、降格（ここでは"降格"の意味）
  • 例文：They survived the relegation play-off to stay in J1.
  • メモ：昇格は"promotion".。同様に"promotion play-off"という

If further evidence of his combative style is required, he even wears a gumshield on the pitch.

• combative（形容詞）
  • 意味：闘争的な（"combative style"で"闘争的なスタイル）
  • 例文：He won't change his combative style.
• gumshield（名詞）
  • 意味：マウスピース
  • 例文：Gumsheild is usually used as protective kit in sports such as boxing.
  • メモ："mouthguard"ともいう

However, he's not just a hard man - he completed 1,164 passes, eighth in the league and behind only the aforementioned Fabinho and Jordan Henderson in terms of Liverpool midfielders.

• the aforementioned（形容詞）

  • 意味：前述の（上記の）
  • 例文：The aforementioned findings indicate that post COVID‑19 soccer players may not reach full recovery at two months.

Don't underestimate his goalscoring threat either. In the 92nd minute of the final game of the 2021-22 season, Endo's bulldozed header ensured Stuttgart dramatically stayed in the division.

• bulldoze（他動詞）
  • 意味：強引に押し込む、強引に押しのける
  • 例文：He bulldozes kids on soccer field.
• header（名詞）
  • 意味：ヘディングシュート
  • 例文：
    • Headers are a key part of soccer, but the danger is getting harder to ignore.
    • Does a soccer header hurt? How to minimize the pain?

Since rumours of a Reds move emerged, pundits have been quick to praise the Japan midfielder, who starred in his country's uplifting run to the last 16 at the Qatar World Cup.

• pundit（名詞）
  • 意味：解説者、評論家、ご意見番、専門家、
  • 例文：
    • Ian Wright is a pundit on the BBC.
    • How much are football pundits paid?

Ex-Premier League striker Jan Aage Fjortoft dubbed him "one of the best in his position in the Bundesliga, external" while his former team-mate Mario Gomez waxed lyrical about him, external to European football writer Andy Brassell.

• dub（他動詞）
  • 意味：～と呼び名をつける、～と呼ぶ
  • 例文：Orson Welles dubbed her 'the most exciting woman in the world'.
• wax lyrical about～
  • 意味：～について熱弁をふるう
  • 例文：
    • I can wax lyrical about him all day. 
    • Fans wax lyrical about Victor Osimhen following his brilliant performance against Juve.

ざっとこんな感じですね。"wax lyrical about ～", いい表現ですね。

遠藤選手を知らないファンにしっかり紹介をしていて良い記事でした。