Japan Times OnlineのOct.11の記事、Political intervention in educationに出てきた単語を採り上げます。
The education ministry should drop its threat to have Taketomi Town of Okinawa Prefecture declared a scofflaw for refusing to adopt a school civics textbook ...
気になったのは "scofflaw" です。 記事を読んでみます。
The ministry should drop its move because Taketomi Town is not harming the central government in connection with the law on the free distribution of textbooks. The town has distributed copies of the textbook adopted by its board of education by using money donated by interested townspeople.
法律と関係があることは確かですが、辞書で明確な意味を調べます。
・Collins Dictionary: (US, informal) a person who habitually flouts or violates the law, esp one who fails to pay debts or answer summonses: Washington is a $1.4-billion (U. S.) scofflaw, according to the United Nations press office.
・Vocabulary.com: one who habitually ignores the law and does not answer court summonses: But with many other problems confronting local officers, scofflaws are largely being ignored.
"scoff" と "flaw" を足したいわゆるカバン語ですね。
The education ministry should drop its threat to have Taketomi Town of Okinawa Prefecture declared a scofflaw for refusing to adopt a school civics textbook ...
気になったのは "scofflaw" です。 記事を読んでみます。
The ministry should drop its move because Taketomi Town is not harming the central government in connection with the law on the free distribution of textbooks. The town has distributed copies of the textbook adopted by its board of education by using money donated by interested townspeople.
法律と関係があることは確かですが、辞書で明確な意味を調べます。
・Collins Dictionary: (US, informal) a person who habitually flouts or violates the law, esp one who fails to pay debts or answer summonses: Washington is a $1.4-billion (U. S.) scofflaw, according to the United Nations press office.
・Vocabulary.com: one who habitually ignores the law and does not answer court summonses: But with many other problems confronting local officers, scofflaws are largely being ignored.
"scoff" と "flaw" を足したいわゆるカバン語ですね。
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