#5 語彙の用例: ensconce, vex, acclimate, convene, inoculate

ensconce

元々「小さい砦を築く」という意味らしい。砦を作ってその場所に落ち着くイメージか。settle in 場所と近い意味。「え～ん（この場所）すこーん！」と覚えよう（覚えにくい）。

コロケーション

• be ... ensconced in [at, on] 場所 (どこどこでゆったりくつろぐ)

• ensconce oneself [in, at, on] A

• be {safely / firmly /  comfortably / happily} ensconced in [at, on] 場所

• be ensconced in one's new job = be settled into one's new job

実例

あまりいい感じのが見つからなかったので，見つけたら追記します。

vex

最初「獣医」かと勘違いしたけど，それは vet や。フランス語由来。フランス語に vexer (気を悪くさせる) という動詞がありますね。

vex は annoy より強意的らしい。類義語は annoy, worry, distress, irritate, bother, puzzle, irk など。irk と言えば， it irks 人 to do (～することが人をいらいらさせる)が重要。

コロケーション

• be vexed [at, with] 何々・誰々 (何々・誰々にいらだつ)

• feel vexed at 何々・誰々

• in vexation (いらだって)

• a vexed problem (厄介な問題)

• 何々 is a vexing [= a thorny, a touchy, a worrisome / an irritating / an annoying / an irksome / a troublesome] issue (頭の痛い問題)

実例

High-tech dashboards, driving assistants vex luxury vehicle owners -study https://t.co/fZbo7QBa9l pic.twitter.com/3dhQEmkU64

— Reuters (@Reuters) February 9, 2023

Why does health care reform in the US continue to vex Congress? Look at the sky high prices of health care. https://t.co/xcElosK1pc

— Vox (@voxdotcom) October 18, 2017

語注： vox はラテン語由来で「声」。Vox Populi, Vox Dei は「民の声は神の声」

acclimate

{be/get} accustomed to {doing/何々} / adjust to {doing/何々} / adapt to {doing/何々} なんかと同じシリーズの語。acclimatize ともいうらしい。

コロケーション

• acclimate oneself to B (誰々をどこどこに順応させる)

• get acclimated to {doing/何々} (～するのに慣れる)

実例

Earlier this year, @WBEZ visited a suburban Chicago school that saw an influx of students arriving from Central America.

Now, administrators are piloting a program to help migrant kids acclimate to a new school system before class is back in session. https://t.co/nxRoMvNtSm

— NPR (@NPR) July 30, 2019

Five critically-endangered black rhinos were relocated to a national park in Rwanda after a 3700-mile journey from a Czech safari park. They will first be kept in enclosures to acclimate to their new habitat, but will eventually roam free in the park. https://t.co/GOKKd8JLJt pic.twitter.com/1XcsXYB8VB

— ABC News (@ABC) June 25, 2019

President Joe Biden’s rescue pet Major is back in Washington after an incident at the White House prompted a round of training to help acclimate him to life as a first dog https://t.co/DtBwbsh99U

— Reuters (@Reuters) March 25, 2021

convene

OED (s.v. convene, v) ではラテン語で，<con- together + venīre to come> らしく，「集める」という意味らしい。

コロケーション

• 誰々 convene (= assemble) [in, at] 場所 

• convene [= call, summon; 反: dissolve] a meeting

• convene [= hold] a forum

• 国会や会議など will convene [反: adjourn] tomorrow (開会する)

実例

NEW: The World Health Organization has confirmed a new coronavirus that has infected more than 200 people in China has been transmitted human-to-human.

Officials will convene Wednesday to determine if the outbreak "constitutes a public health emergency of international concern."

— NPR (@NPR) January 20, 2020

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will convene a meeting Wednesday morning to hear from Democrats on whether to move forward with impeachment proceedings against President Trump. https://t.co/hhXFdzQWXq

— NPR (@NPR) May 22, 2019

The United Nations Security Council will convene at Russia's request, diplomats said, to discuss Moscow's claims, presented without evidence, of U.S. 'biological activities' in Ukraine, a move Washington described as gaslighting https://t.co/fLtqhvkNKa pic.twitter.com/oZvciciZ2v

— Reuters (@Reuters) March 11, 2022

語注： at one's request (～の要請により) = at the request of …

inoculate

avoid getting sick するための措置の１つ。 rinse hands with water したり，eat a healthy, balanced diet したり，wear a facemask するだけでは不十分。類義語は have an injection や get a shot は「注射してもらう」。{receive / get / have} a COVID-19 vaccine。

コロケーション

• be inoculated [= vaccinated] against 病名

• {have / get / receive} an inoculation [= vaccination] against 病名 

• inoculate a vaccine into 誰々

• inoculate 誰々 with a vaccine

• inoculate 人 against disease [= give 人 a vaccination of the disease]

実例

Fmr. Tennessee vaccinations director, who was fired due to Republican outrage over her push to inoculate teenagers against Covid-19, plans to move out of the state amid growing tension over efforts to combat the virus, her husband says. https://t.co/4IKYTdmym9

— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 15, 2021

"The way the mandates are being presented is driving a wedge between the vaccinated and the unvaccinated. If the goal is to inoculate enough people to reach herd immunity, this approach may eventually backfire," @yeahyeahyasmin writes:https://t.co/Us4Z9XSJ1D

— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) September 16, 2021

Saudi Arabia to inoculate those aged 12 to 18 with Pfizer vaccine - ministry https://t.co/WgdvcWNQAz pic.twitter.com/IusdK4jCgZ

— Reuters (@Reuters) June 27, 2021