絶対復習

Questions about the impartiality of the various investigations into Climategate had already arisen with many pointing to the corruption that went unfettered in the UN’s ‘Oil for Food’ program.

At the time, the UN stymied any attempt to investigate its own program, which generated more than $10 billion in illegal revenue and lined the pockets of many UN officials.

Many other UN programs have since been shown to be rife with corruption and scandal.

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【形】拘束されない、自由な ★★★fetter・・・「足かせ、足鎖」
n.

1. A chain or shackle for the ankles or feet.

2. Something that serves to restrict; a restraint.

tr.v., -tered, -ter·ing, -ters. not restricted by laws or rules:
unfettered economic activity
・The day is unfettered. その日は自由な［束縛されない］日だ。
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to prevent someone from doing what they have planned or want to do [= thwart]:
[British English] Investigators have been stymied by uncooperative witnesses.

1. To put fetters on; shackle.

2. To restrict the freedom of. See synonyms at hamper1.

【名-2】困難な障害、窮境
【他動】邪魔する、妨害する、阻む、阻害する、難航する、行き詰まる、窮境に追い込む
【変化】《動》stymies | stymieing | stymied、【分節】sty・mie
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adj., rif·er, rif·est.
1. In widespread existence, practice, or use; increasingly prevalent.
2. Abundant or numerous.
【形-1】（好ましくないもの・事が）はびこって、（うわさが）飛び交って、広まって、流行する
・Famine is rife throughout that area of sub-Saharan Africa. 飢饉はアフリカのサハラ砂漠以南の地域一帯に広まっている。
【形-2】豊富な、たっぷりとした、多量の