TEDトーク 単語
問題一覧
1
Humanity has enormous resources under its command, and by applying them wisely, we can still prevent ecological ()
cataclysm
2
A () event has shaken her parents' marriage
cataclysmic
3
If humanity increases our annual investment in clean technologies and infrastructure by around two percent of global GDP, that should be enough to prevent () climate change.
catastrophic
4
The oil spill will be an ecological ().
catastrophe
5
My team and I have spent weeks () over various reports and academic papers living in a cloud of numbers.
poring
6
We spent all night () over the contract.
poring
7
Most experts () on the number two percent.
converge
8
Here the two distinct theories ().
converge
9
We can arque endlessly about the exact number, () the models this way and that way
tweaking
10
Maybe you should () a few sentences before you send the report.
tweak
11
The crucial news is that the price tag of preventing the () is in the low single digits of annual global GDP.
apocalypse
12
Several leading scientists are predicting an environmental ().
apocalypse
13
Even the more () models generally estimate it as below five percent.
pessimistic
14
Investment analysts are extremely () about the economic outlook.
pessimistic
15
We are not talking about burning piles of () in some huge sacrifice to the spirits of the Earth
banknotes
16
My father handed me some () when I was moving out from our home.
banknotes
17
These investments will create lots of new jobs and economic opportunities and are likely to be economically profitable ().
in the long run
18
- All our hard work will be worth it ().
in the long run.
19
These investments are likely to be economically profitable in the long run, in part by reducing health care () and saving millions of people from sickness and air pollution.
expenditures
20
The state's () on welfare programs went down by 5% last year.
expenditure
21
Since oil and gas often () autocratic and militaristic regimes, reducing our dependence on fossil fuels will be a huge boon to democracy and to peace.
prop up
22
For years, the US government () the savings and loan industry.
propped up
23
Since oil and gas often prop up () and militaristic regimes, reducing our dependence on fossil fuels will be a huge boon to democracy and to peace.
autocratic
24
Democracy is not emphasized by our () government.
autocratic
25
Since oil and gas often prop up autocratic and militaristic (), reducing our dependence on fossil fuels will be a huge boon to democracy and to peace.
regimes
26
The military () has taken over the country.
regime
27
Since oil and gas often prop up autocratic and militaristic regimes, reducing our dependence on fossil fuels will be a huge () to democracy and to peace.
boon
28
My boss said that the mergers among the big banks have been a () for our business.
boon
29
Unlike the 1.5 Celsius figure which is a scientifically () threshold, the two percent figure represents a rough guesstimate.
robust
30
The chair was more () than it looked.
robust
31
Preventing catastrophic climate change is a totally () project, even though it would cost a lot of money.
feasible
32
Solar heating is technically and economically ().
feasible
33
To save the environment, we don't need to () the economy or to abandon the achievements of modern civilization.
derail
34
Radicals are trying to () the peace process.
derail
35
Committing two percent of annual global GDP won't solve all our ecological problems, such as oceans () with plastic or the continued loss of biodiversity.
brimming
36
Andy's eyes () with tears.
brimmed
37
We'll need to make sure that the funds are invested in the right places and that the new investments don't cause their own negative ecological or social ().
fallout
38
The () from the scandal cost him his job.
fallout
39
During the 2008-2009 financial crisis, the US government spent about 3.5 percent of GDP to save financial institutions that were () "too big to fail."
deemed
40
The mission will be cancelled if officials () that the risks are too great.
deem
41
- In just the first nine months of 2020, governments around the world announced () measures worth nearly 14 percent of global GDP to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.
stimulus
42
Tax cuts provided the () the slow economy needed.
stimulus
43
Governments spend about 500 billion US dollars annually on direct () for fossil fuels.
subsidies
44
Congress may cut some () to farmers.
subsidies
45
The value of these subsidies actually reaches a () seven percent of annual GDP.
staggering
46
A () $3 trillion was spent in building the US nuclear arsenal.
staggering
47
Every year, another 1.4 trillion dollars in profits is () offshore by corporations, which is equal to 1.6 percent of global GDP.
stashed
48
She found the bottle of liquor that Bill had () away.
stashed
49
Collecting taxes, stopping food wastage and slashing subsidies is easier said than done, especially when faced by some of the most powerful () in the world. But it doesn't require a miracle.
lobbies
50
The law has the support of the gun-control ().
lobby
51
We shouldn't () to defeatism.
succumb
52
The country has not yet () to international pressure to stop nuclear testing.
succumbed
53
When COP 27 () in Egypt in November 2022, we should tell the attending leaders that it's not enough to make vague future pledges about 1.5 degrees Celsius.
convenes
54
A board was () to judge the design competition.
convened
55
When COP 27 convenes in Egypt in November 2022, we should tell the attending leaders that it's not enough to make vague future () about 1.5 degrees Celsius.
pledges
56
All six nations have signed a () to fight terrorism.
pledge
問題一覧
1
Humanity has enormous resources under its command, and by applying them wisely, we can still prevent ecological ()
cataclysm
2
A () event has shaken her parents' marriage
cataclysmic
3
If humanity increases our annual investment in clean technologies and infrastructure by around two percent of global GDP, that should be enough to prevent () climate change.
catastrophic
4
The oil spill will be an ecological ().
catastrophe
5
My team and I have spent weeks () over various reports and academic papers living in a cloud of numbers.
poring
6
We spent all night () over the contract.
poring
7
Most experts () on the number two percent.
converge
8
Here the two distinct theories ().
converge
9
We can arque endlessly about the exact number, () the models this way and that way
tweaking
10
Maybe you should () a few sentences before you send the report.
tweak
11
The crucial news is that the price tag of preventing the () is in the low single digits of annual global GDP.
apocalypse
12
Several leading scientists are predicting an environmental ().
apocalypse
13
Even the more () models generally estimate it as below five percent.
pessimistic
14
Investment analysts are extremely () about the economic outlook.
pessimistic
15
We are not talking about burning piles of () in some huge sacrifice to the spirits of the Earth
banknotes
16
My father handed me some () when I was moving out from our home.
banknotes
17
These investments will create lots of new jobs and economic opportunities and are likely to be economically profitable ().
in the long run
18
- All our hard work will be worth it ().
in the long run.
19
These investments are likely to be economically profitable in the long run, in part by reducing health care () and saving millions of people from sickness and air pollution.
expenditures
20
The state's () on welfare programs went down by 5% last year.
expenditure
21
Since oil and gas often () autocratic and militaristic regimes, reducing our dependence on fossil fuels will be a huge boon to democracy and to peace.
prop up
22
For years, the US government () the savings and loan industry.
propped up
23
Since oil and gas often prop up () and militaristic regimes, reducing our dependence on fossil fuels will be a huge boon to democracy and to peace.
autocratic
24
Democracy is not emphasized by our () government.
autocratic
25
Since oil and gas often prop up autocratic and militaristic (), reducing our dependence on fossil fuels will be a huge boon to democracy and to peace.
regimes
26
The military () has taken over the country.
regime
27
Since oil and gas often prop up autocratic and militaristic regimes, reducing our dependence on fossil fuels will be a huge () to democracy and to peace.
boon
28
My boss said that the mergers among the big banks have been a () for our business.
boon
29
Unlike the 1.5 Celsius figure which is a scientifically () threshold, the two percent figure represents a rough guesstimate.
robust
30
The chair was more () than it looked.
robust
31
Preventing catastrophic climate change is a totally () project, even though it would cost a lot of money.
feasible
32
Solar heating is technically and economically ().
feasible
33
To save the environment, we don't need to () the economy or to abandon the achievements of modern civilization.
derail
34
Radicals are trying to () the peace process.
derail
35
Committing two percent of annual global GDP won't solve all our ecological problems, such as oceans () with plastic or the continued loss of biodiversity.
brimming
36
Andy's eyes () with tears.
brimmed
37
We'll need to make sure that the funds are invested in the right places and that the new investments don't cause their own negative ecological or social ().
fallout
38
The () from the scandal cost him his job.
fallout
39
During the 2008-2009 financial crisis, the US government spent about 3.5 percent of GDP to save financial institutions that were () "too big to fail."
deemed
40
The mission will be cancelled if officials () that the risks are too great.
deem
41
- In just the first nine months of 2020, governments around the world announced () measures worth nearly 14 percent of global GDP to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.
stimulus
42
Tax cuts provided the () the slow economy needed.
stimulus
43
Governments spend about 500 billion US dollars annually on direct () for fossil fuels.
subsidies
44
Congress may cut some () to farmers.
subsidies
45
The value of these subsidies actually reaches a () seven percent of annual GDP.
staggering
46
A () $3 trillion was spent in building the US nuclear arsenal.
staggering
47
Every year, another 1.4 trillion dollars in profits is () offshore by corporations, which is equal to 1.6 percent of global GDP.
stashed
48
She found the bottle of liquor that Bill had () away.
stashed
49
Collecting taxes, stopping food wastage and slashing subsidies is easier said than done, especially when faced by some of the most powerful () in the world. But it doesn't require a miracle.
lobbies
50
The law has the support of the gun-control ().
lobby
51
We shouldn't () to defeatism.
succumb
52
The country has not yet () to international pressure to stop nuclear testing.
succumbed
53
When COP 27 () in Egypt in November 2022, we should tell the attending leaders that it's not enough to make vague future pledges about 1.5 degrees Celsius.
convenes
54
A board was () to judge the design competition.
convened
55
When COP 27 convenes in Egypt in November 2022, we should tell the attending leaders that it's not enough to make vague future () about 1.5 degrees Celsius.
pledges
56
All six nations have signed a () to fight terrorism.
pledge