October 24, 2012　=========

☆ inevitable 　避けられない

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When we talk about something being inevitable, we mean
that it is certain to happen and cannot be prevented or
avoided. It is usually used to describe something negative,
however it can be used to describe something good too. For
example, if you take small steps and study a little English
each day, then it is inevitable that you will improve!

Today’s word is also used as an idiom, “the inevitable”. This
is a noun, and it means something that is inevitable. We usually
use it with the saying, “Just delaying the inevitable.” Which
means that someone is doing something to try and avoid having
to do something or to avoid something bad happening, but it is
not going to work. For example, “She said she will call him tomorrow.
But I think she is just delaying the inevitable.” This means that
she has to phone him eventually, so it would be better to phone sooner
rather than later. But she is avoiding making the phone call for
some reason – perhaps she knows he will give her bad news.

Bye,
Chris
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何かを“避けられない”ということは、そのことは確実に起こり、防ぐことが出来ないということです。
ネガティブなことを指すことが多いですが、良いことについても使います。
例えば、毎日少しずつでも英語の勉強をしていれば、上達は避けられませんよね！

今日の言葉は“the inevitable”と、イディオムでも使われます。
これは名詞で、避けられないものごとを指します。
“Just delaying the inevitable”、つまり、何か良くないことを避けて、ずるずると先延ばしにしたり、悪あがきをするという意味で使うことが多いでしょう。
例えば、
“She said she will call him tomorrow. But I think she is just delaying the inevitable. ”
(彼女は明日彼に電話をすると言っているが、ずるずると先延ばしにしているだけだと思う)などと言います。
これは、いずれは彼に電話をしなければならないのならば、先延ばしにするよりも早くした方が良い、しかし彼女は、おそらく悪い知らせを聞くのが嫌で避けている、という意味合いです。

それでは！
クリス