Japan Times March 13の記事 'Populism versus prosperity' からの引用です。
The battle that will actually define this century will pit long-term thinking against short-term thinking. The politicians and governments that plan for the long term will defeat those that fail -- or simply refuse -- to look beyond the current election cycle.
上に出てきた "pit" は既に（10/15/2011）に取り上げていますが、完全に忘れていたので復習です。
"pit sb/sth against sb/sth" の形で使われます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: (pit someone/something against) Set someone or something in conflict or competition with.: a chance to pit herself against him’
・Cambridge English Dictionary: to cause one person, group, or thing to fight against or be in competition with another: It was a bitter civil war, that pitted neighbour against neighbour.
The battle that will actually define this century will pit long-term thinking against short-term thinking. The politicians and governments that plan for the long term will defeat those that fail -- or simply refuse -- to look beyond the current election cycle.
上に出てきた "pit" は既に（10/15/2011）に取り上げていますが、完全に忘れていたので復習です。
"pit sb/sth against sb/sth" の形で使われます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: (pit someone/something against) Set someone or something in conflict or competition with.: a chance to pit herself against him’
・Cambridge English Dictionary: to cause one person, group, or thing to fight against or be in competition with another: It was a bitter civil war, that pitted neighbour against neighbour.
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