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underwhelm 뜻. 자극, 감명을 주지 못하다

by 원시 2023. 10. 29.

니얼 퍼거슨의 책 "The Square and the Tower" 책 평가.

많은 참고 도서를 열거했지만, 책 결론은 별 감동을 자아내지 못했다.

 

The Square and the Tower( by Niall Ferguson) review – a restless tour through power

 

The historian’s breadth of reference is impressive in this study of networks and hierarchies – but his conclusions are underwhelming.

 

 

Underwhelm (자극, 감명을 주지 못하다) 

verb

 

un·​der·​whelm ˌən-dər-ˈ(h)welm

underwhelmed; underwhelming; underwhelms

Synonyms of underwhelm

 

transitive verb

 

: to fail to impress or stimulate

the movie underwhelmed most reviewers

(영화 흥행 실패 ...)

 

 

 

Did you know?

Overwhelm and its rare synonym whelm have both been around since the Middle Ages, but underwhelm is a 20th-century coinage. Both overwhelm and whelm are derived from the Middle English whelmen, which is perhaps an alteration of whelven ("to turn over" or "to cover up"). Underwhelm is a playful overturning of overwhelm well suited for describing the unimpressive. More than one person claims the distinction of having invented underwhelm; several sources attribute it to the playwright George S. Kaufman, but sports columnist Red Smith is quoted as believing he coined the word himself, and still other sources cite other potential creators. Chances are that the word was in fact coined by more than one inventive writer.

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/sep/24/niall-ferguson-square-and-tower-networks-hierarchies-review