Foreign affairs; America struggles with Fentanyl

本日の話題

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/mexico/why-america-struggling-stop-fentanyl-epidemic?utm_medium=newsletters&utm_source=twofa&utm_campaign=Why%20America%20Is%20Struggling%20to%20Stop%20the%20Fentanyl%20Epidemic&utm_content=20230519&utm_term=FA%20This%20Week%20-%20112017

冒頭文
The United States is suffering the deadliest drug epidemic in its history. 〈過剰摂取〉 claimed the lives of more than 100,000 Americans between August 2021 and August 2022 alone. Over the span of just a few years, drug deaths have doubled. Most of these overdoses involve fentanyl, which now kills around 200 Americans every day.

USでフェンタニルの過剰摂取による死者が多数出ており、それをどうするか法的にも外交的にも揉めてるという話。

今日はクイズ形式にしてみた。

Since all fentanyl used in the United States is produced abroad, 【　流れを食い止める　】 the drug into the country is essential as well.

So far, such supply-side efforts have 〈実施する〉 aground.

【さらにいえば】, when regulators ban or restrict synthetic opioids or their ingredients, producers simply 〈微調整する〉 their recipes.

The Mexican government, too, has 〈引き摺り出す〉 law enforcement cooperation with the United States.
 

 以下、順次回答

〈Overdoses〉過剰摂取、オーバードーズ
【stemming the flow of】流れを止める
　　stem (n)幹、茎　(v)止める、堰き止める、調整する
〈run〉
【What is more】
〈tweak〉ひねる、つねる、微調整する
〈eviscerated〉(内臓などを)引き摺り出す

…run、深い。

Foreign affairs; Should America still Promote Democracy?

本日の記事
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/responses/should-america-still-promote-democracy

単語帳
　regime 政体、体制、政権、制度
　endeavor 努力する
　Duterte 固有名詞やんけドゥテルテ
　diminished<diminish. 減らす、少なくする
　
 
Several countries of major security importance to Washington are in the midst of troubling 〈　　〉.
 
〈backsliding〉逆戻りする、堕落する
 
 
In India, the accelerating 〈　1　〉 of democracy could hurt the country’s long-term reliability as a U.S. security partner by 〈　2　〉 serious domestic unrest that forces the government to divert attention and resources away from external engagement. 
 
1〈deterioration〉悪化、低下、退歩
2〈provoking〉怒らせる、イライラさせる、煽動する
 
It can 〈　1　〉 targeted political assistance programs, which 〈　2　〉 key democratic institutions and processes, including electoral management bodies and judicial systems.
 
1〈underwrite〉保険を引き受ける、保証責任を負う、支払いを保証する
2〈bolster〉長枕、支持物、(主義などの) 支持する(up)
 
In short, I 〈　　〉 Max Boot for his effort to renounce military-oriented democratic maximalism.

〈commend〉褒める、称賛する
 
 
But he retreats too far into 〈　1　〉 〈　2　〉 realism, overlooking the crucial fact that democracy and security are often 〈　3　〉 interconnected.
 
1〈putatively〉推定的に
2〈rigorous〉厳しい、厳格な、正確な、苛烈な
3〈inextricably〉密接に

Fox News; Biden admin and migrants

本日のニュース

Fox News
https://www.foxnews.com/media/abcs-jon-karl-biden-admin-too-tough-migrants-mayorkas-interview

単語帳
Seek> sought> sought
Migration→immigration→emigration
移住　　入ってくる移民　　出ていく移民

This is not an 〈　　〉 ban. We have a humanitarian obligation as well as a matter of security to cut the 【　　　】 out.
 
〈asylum〉避難、亡命、保護
【ruthless smugglers】無情な密輸入者
 
That is a presumption of 〈　　〉 that can be overcome.
 
〈ineligibility〉無資格、不適任
　　　　↔︎eligibility適任、適格
 
Title 42, a pandemic-era border restriction that made it easier to 〈　　〉 migrants, expired on Thursday.
 
〈expel〉追放する
 
日本でも、国外に若者が出ていく話、日本に流入する話、難民など、移住に関しては話をよく聞きます。

Foreign Affairs; How Secrecy Limits Diversity

本日の記事

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/how-secrecy-limits-diversity?utm_medium=promo_email&utm_source=lo_flows&utm_campaign=registered_user_welcome&utm_term=email_4&utm_content=20230512

単語帳
Revocation  廃止、取り消し
thermonuclear 原子核融合反応の
redress 他動　矯正する、直す、正す
　　　　　n. 償い、補償

He was also the son of German Jewish immigrants, with friends and relatives who had politically progressive views—several were communists—at a time when many Americans treated Jews as〈　　〉 foreign and untrustworthy.

〈intrinsically〉内因的に、本質的に

Before the case was even presented, one of those men, Ward Evans, made his views clear when he declared that “almost without exception those who turned up before security review boards with〈　　〉 backgrounds and interests were Jewish.”

〈subversive〉形　破壊する、倒壊させる

〈　　〉Oppenheimer is hardly the end of the story, however.

〈Exonerating〉<exonerate 免れさせる、解放する

【　　　】, Oppenheimer had far more advantages than others who have come under this kind of〈　　〉.

【In fact】実のところ
〈scrutiny〉精密検査、じろじろ見ること、監視、吟味

Foreign Affairs; In Defense of the Fence Sitters (3)

3回目

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/world/global-south-defense-fence-sitters

単語帳

wary                        用心深い、慎重な、油断のない

interdependence    (不可算名詞)相互依存

sovereignty             (不可算)主権、統治権、(可算)独立国

atrocities<atrocity   (可算名詞) 残虐行為、凶行

　　　　　　　　　(不可算名詞)   暴虐、非道

quashed<quash      鎮圧する、破棄する、無効にする

The developing world also sees〈　1　〉 in Washington’s framing of its competition with Beijing and Moscow as a battle between democracy and〈　2　〉.

1〈hypocrisy〉偽善、偽善的行為

2〈autocracy〉独裁政治、独裁国、独裁権

After all, the United States continues to selectively back〈　　〉 governments when it serves U.S. interests.

〈authoritarian〉権威主義の、独裁主義的な

The〈　1　〉 of World War II, for example, appointed themselves as the five permanent members of the UN Security Council,〈　2　〉 their power within multilateral institutions.

1〈victors〉勝利者(victoryも同じ語源)

2〈cementing〉他動詞cement 〜を強固にする

やべーしらない単語がゴロゴロしてた。

あと知ってる単語の派生も。

しっかりベース固めていこう。

CNN NEWS; E. Jean Carroll says verdict in Trump abuse case is a victory for all victims of sexual assault

本日はこちらです。
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/10/politics/e-jean-carroll-donald-trump-cnntv/index.html

ドナルド・トランプ元大統領の陪審員意見が出揃った件について。

単語帳

jury  n. 陪審

　　be on he jury  陪審員である

verdict(s)   n. (陪審員が裁判長に提出する)評決、判断、意見

　　jury全会一致のverdictに基づいてsentenceが下される、というシステムらしい。

 
E. Jean Carroll said Wednesday that a Manhattan federal jury’s finding that Donald Trump sexually abused her in the spring of 1996 – awarding her $5 million for〈　1　〉 and 〈　2　〉– is a victory for all women who are victims of sexual assault.

1〈battery〉可算名詞　バッテリー、一揃いの組

　　　　　　不可算名詞　強打、殴打

　　　　　　…assault and batteryで「暴力行為、暴行殴打(法律用語)」とあるのでこちらか

2〈defamation〉不可算名詞　中傷、名誉毀損

A woman whose life was supposed to【　　】and she’s never supposed to experience happiness again.

【fold up】折りたたむ、失敗する、破産する

　　　レイプで人生ぶっ壊されるぐらいのニュアンスなので、…失敗する、かな？

He has said he will〈　　〉 the verdict.

〈appeal〉自動詞　懇願する、頼む、控訴する、抗議する

少なめ軽めにはなりましたが、裁判関連の単語を拾ってきました。batteryは思いがけない意味で驚いています。

Foreign Affairs ; In Defense of the Fence Sitters (2)

昨日の続き。

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/world/global-south-defense-fence-sitters

単語帳

　boilerplate n. 文例集、(契約書などの)一般的表現

　backlash n. 急激な跳ね返り、反動、巻き返し

    pivot   n. 枢軸、中心点、要点、要

As a strategy for managing a〈　　〉 world, hedging entails keeping the channels of communication open with all the players. This is【　　　　　】.

〈multipolar〉多極化した
【easier said than done】いうは易し

Lula (the president of Brazil) reasoned that refusing to criticize Moscow ______〈　　〉 dialogue with U.S. President Joe Biden, and selling weapons to the Western coalition ______〈　　〉 his ability to talk to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

would           Ifのない形の仮定形。that以下でrefusingとsellingを並列で仮定している。

1〈impede〉他動　　(〜を)妨げる、邪魔をする

2〈undermine〉他動　①(名声などを)密かに傷つける②次第に弱める、台無しにする(本ケースは②)

Political〈　1　〉 can〈　2　〉 hedging strategies when their economic interests are【　　　　】.

1〈constituencies〉-cy 選選挙区、選挙民、地盤、得意先

2〈jeopardize〉他動　(〜を)危うくする、危険に晒す

【at stake】賭けられて、危うくなって、問題となって