chafe 復習
マーリンズのイチロー外野手が、ピート・ローズの歴代最多安打記録４２５６本に王手をかけました。
As Ichiro closes in, Pete Rose chafes: 'They're trying to make me the Hit Queen'
SAN DIEGO - It is one of the most sacred records in all of sports, with one of the greatest hitters in baseball history on the verge of eclipsing it.
Strangely, we are ignoring it.
Miami Marlins outfielder Ichiro Suzuki entered Monday night needing just four hits to tie Pete Rose’s all-time record of 4,256. He has 2,974 hits in the major leagues and 1,278 in the Nippon Professional Baseball League in Japan, leaving him with a career total of 4,252.
Fans in Japan are abuzz, about a dozen Japanese reporters are now following the Marlins and counting down to Rose. NHK, Japan’s national public broadcasting network, is broadcasting every game to chronicle one of the greatest achievements in Japanese sports history.
Yet, in this country, it barely is drawing even a whisper.
“I cannot believe it’s not a bigger deal in Major League Baseball,’’ Arizona Diamondbacks assistant hitting coach Mark Grace, who had 2,445 career hits, told USA TODAY Sports. “Shame on us for not making a bigger deal out of it.
“You’re talking about breaking Pete Rose’s record.I couldn’t care less if he got some of those hits in Japan or in Antarctica. You’re getting hits at high professional levels. That’s huge. I’m in awe of the guy.’’
The reality is that we will celebrate Suzuki’s 3,000th major-league hit, and barely even acknowledge the 4,257th that eclipses Rose.
And that’s the way it should be, says Rose, the all-time hit king.
今回取り上げる表現は、見出しにある“chafe”です。『ウィズダム英和辞典』(第３版、三省堂)を引いたところ、「«…に»いらだつ «at, under, against »」という意味がありました。
Merriam-Webster.comでは、“to become irritated or annoyed : to feel impatient”と定義されていました。
今回の場合、「ローズ氏は、自信の記録の評価が下がってしまうのではないかといらだっている」と解釈できるのではないでしょうか。
日米通算４２５６本安打という記録もすごいと思いますが、どんどん記録を更新していってもらいたいと思います。
今回取り上げた表現は、以前に先生が異なる意味の用法を紹介しておられます。ぜひご覧ください。(Blue Sky)
