ASJの９月例会は天正少年使節についての話でした。その講演録からです。
After the boys' return to Japan in 1590, their confident demeanour contriuted to Hideyoshi's decision to allow his edict ordering all the missionaries to leave Japan to lapse. However, he remained wary of Christian missionary activity and of the loyalties of the Christian daimyo, and in 1597 ordered the execution of twenty-six Christians.
"lapse" は知っている単語ですが、ここで使われている意味は知りませんでした。
・Macmillan Dictionary: if an official document, decision, or right lapses, it is no longer effective: The permit was extended for another year before being left to lapse.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: to end legally or officially by not being continued or made effective for a longer period: The association needs to win back former members who have allowed their subscriptions to lapse.
最初に知った "lapse" の意味から上記の意味を知るのに何十年も経っています。いかに英文を読んでいなかったを示していますね。
I learned the above meaning of lapse after a lapse of more than 40 years.
After the boys' return to Japan in 1590, their confident demeanour contriuted to Hideyoshi's decision to allow his edict ordering all the missionaries to leave Japan to lapse. However, he remained wary of Christian missionary activity and of the loyalties of the Christian daimyo, and in 1597 ordered the execution of twenty-six Christians.
"lapse" は知っている単語ですが、ここで使われている意味は知りませんでした。
・Macmillan Dictionary: if an official document, decision, or right lapses, it is no longer effective: The permit was extended for another year before being left to lapse.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: to end legally or officially by not being continued or made effective for a longer period: The association needs to win back former members who have allowed their subscriptions to lapse.
最初に知った "lapse" の意味から上記の意味を知るのに何十年も経っています。いかに英文を読んでいなかったを示していますね。
I learned the above meaning of lapse after a lapse of more than 40 years.
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