Richard DawkinsのThe Selfish Geneを読んでいます。
Indeed the least successful of all the strategies (except Random) was the most elaborate. It was submitted by 'Name withheld'--a spur to pleasing speculation: Some eminence grise in the Pentagon? The head of the CIA? Henry Kissinger? Axelrod himself? I suppose we shall never know.
"eminence grise" は大物の様ですが、どんな人を指すのでしょうか？ 辞書を見ます。
・Dictionary.com: (French) a person who exercises power or influence in certain areas without holding an official position: The President's wife is an eminence grise in matters of education.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: someone without an official position who has power or influence over rulers or people who make decisions: Civil servants are the ones who really have the power - they are the eminences grises behind the government ministers.
・Collins Dictionary: a person who wields power and influence unofficially or behind the scenes
大物と言っても陰で操る黒幕ですね。
Indeed the least successful of all the strategies (except Random) was the most elaborate. It was submitted by 'Name withheld'--a spur to pleasing speculation: Some eminence grise in the Pentagon? The head of the CIA? Henry Kissinger? Axelrod himself? I suppose we shall never know.
"eminence grise" は大物の様ですが、どんな人を指すのでしょうか？ 辞書を見ます。
・Dictionary.com: (French) a person who exercises power or influence in certain areas without holding an official position: The President's wife is an eminence grise in matters of education.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: someone without an official position who has power or influence over rulers or people who make decisions: Civil servants are the ones who really have the power - they are the eminences grises behind the government ministers.
・Collins Dictionary: a person who wields power and influence unofficially or behind the scenes
大物と言っても陰で操る黒幕ですね。
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