常時英心:言葉の森から 1.0

約10年間,はてなダイアリーで英語表現の落穂拾いを行ってきました。現在はAmeba Blogに2.0を開設し,継続中です。こちらはしばらくアーカイブとして維持します。

projectiles

卵,靴などは抗議をするときに投げられるものの定番。その他,「投げられるものならなんでも」というときに効くのが,projectilesという表現。(UG)
Shoes, eggs hurled at ex-PM Blair
Protesters hurled shoes and eggs Sept. 4 at Tony Blair before the first public signing of his memoir amid high security in Dublin. Hundreds more people lined up to have their books autographed — evidence that the divisions left by Blair’s decade as British leader have yet to heal.
Blair’s new book, A Journey, has angered opponents of his policies, especially the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
About 200 demonstrators chanted that Blair had “blood on his hands” as the former prime minister arrived at a bookstore in the Irish capital. Shoes, eggs and other projectiles were thrown toward Blair as he emerged from his car, but did not hit him.
“Blair took the world to war in Iraq and Afghanistan on the basis of lies,” protester Donal MacFhearraigh said. He said Blair should be indicted as a war criminal.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/weekly/news/nw2010/nw20100911a2.htm