Sept.5のJapan Times Onlineの記事タイトルに知らない単語が入っていました。
Dicey dalliances with Islamists
サブタイトルを読むと次ぎのように書かれていました。
In the Middle East, the U.S. has myopically embraced Sunni rulers steeped in religious and political bigotry, even though they pose a threat to freedom ...
"dalliance" が分からない単語ですが、サブタイトルからすると米国とIslamistsとの関係を指しているようです。記事を読んでみます。
U.S. President Barack Obama’s insistence on employing air power to punish Syria even if such a war breaches international law and unleashes major unintended consequences is just the latest chapter in a more than two-year U.S. policy whose calculations have gone wrong in backing jihad against Syrian President Bashar Assad’s dictatorial rule. Military strikes could compound Obama’s policy missteps, including inadvertently strengthening the hands of gun-toting Islamists.
この後も米国のこれまでのイスラム諸国に対する政策の説明が続き、米国がシリアを爆撃することは解決にならないとしています。 しかしながら、相変わらず "dalliance" の意味がピンとこないので辞書を見ます。
・Cambridge English Dictionary: an interest or involvement in an activity or belief that only lasts for a very short period: The 1970s witnessed the first of the pop star's dalliances with communism.
・Oxford English Dictionary: a period of brief or casual involvement with something: Berkeley was my last dalliance with the education system
・Vocabulary.com: the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working: First appearing in Middle English, the noun dalliance stems from the verb dally, meaning "to waste time, to act playfully, especially in a flirtatious way." Dalliance often describes a casual flirtation ? generally something short-term and not very serious. Your aunt may blush when you mention her dalliance with the rugby player she met that time in Dublin. Dalliance can also refer to goofing off when you should be working. Your coworker's continued dalliance can result in missed deadlines.
Dicey dalliances with Islamists
サブタイトルを読むと次ぎのように書かれていました。
In the Middle East, the U.S. has myopically embraced Sunni rulers steeped in religious and political bigotry, even though they pose a threat to freedom ...
"dalliance" が分からない単語ですが、サブタイトルからすると米国とIslamistsとの関係を指しているようです。記事を読んでみます。
U.S. President Barack Obama’s insistence on employing air power to punish Syria even if such a war breaches international law and unleashes major unintended consequences is just the latest chapter in a more than two-year U.S. policy whose calculations have gone wrong in backing jihad against Syrian President Bashar Assad’s dictatorial rule. Military strikes could compound Obama’s policy missteps, including inadvertently strengthening the hands of gun-toting Islamists.
この後も米国のこれまでのイスラム諸国に対する政策の説明が続き、米国がシリアを爆撃することは解決にならないとしています。 しかしながら、相変わらず "dalliance" の意味がピンとこないので辞書を見ます。
・Cambridge English Dictionary: an interest or involvement in an activity or belief that only lasts for a very short period: The 1970s witnessed the first of the pop star's dalliances with communism.
・Oxford English Dictionary: a period of brief or casual involvement with something: Berkeley was my last dalliance with the education system
・Vocabulary.com: the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working: First appearing in Middle English, the noun dalliance stems from the verb dally, meaning "to waste time, to act playfully, especially in a flirtatious way." Dalliance often describes a casual flirtation ? generally something short-term and not very serious. Your aunt may blush when you mention her dalliance with the rugby player she met that time in Dublin. Dalliance can also refer to goofing off when you should be working. Your coworker's continued dalliance can result in missed deadlines.
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