常時英心:言葉の森から 1.0

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outlying 復習

 フィリピン南部で昨夜、マグニチュード6.5の大きな地震が起き、少なくとも6人が死亡したとのことです。

Powerful Quake Kills at Least 6 in Southern Philippines

A powerful nighttime earthquake in the southern Philippines killed at least six people and injured more than 120, with officials combing through cracked buildings and nearby towns Saturday to check on the damage and other possible casualties.

The magnitude 6.7 quake roused residents from their sleep late Friday in Surigao del Norte province, forcing hundreds of people to flee their homes. The quake was centered about 16 kilometers (8 miles) northwest of the provincial capital of Surigao at a relatively shallow depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles), said Renato Solidum of the Philippine Institute of Seismology and Volcanology.

Nearly 100 aftershocks have been felt, officials said. Evacuation centers accommodated wary residents overnight, but many returned home Saturday, Welfare Secretary Judy Taguiwalo said, adding that officials were continuing to assess the damage in Surigao and outlying towns.

Provincial information officer Mary Jul Escalante was being interviewed by ABS-CBN TV network when another aftershock struck. "Oh sir, there's an aftershock," she said. "I'm shaking, we have a phobia now."

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/nighttime-philippines-quake-kills-damages-runway-45419962

 今回取り上げるのは"outlying"です。『ジーニアス英和辞典』第4版(大修館)で確認してみると、「中心(都心)から離れた、遠い」とあり、"outlying areas"で「遠隔地」となります。
 ここでは、"town"が付いてるので「遠隔の町」つまり、少し離れた周辺の町を指しています。LDOCEでは、"far from the center of a city, town etc or from a main building"と表現されています。中心の「外」"out"に「ある」"lie"を繋げてさらに、"ing"が付いてるので形容詞で"outlying"と覚えられると思います。(Akim)

outlying #3 - 田邉祐司ゼミ 常時英心:言葉の森から