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。

指名質問:peter out

先程と同じニュース中から表現を見てみます。

本文でのpeter outはどのような定義で使われているでしょうか。今回はHatahataさん解説お願いします。(Shou-VR*)

Washington Navy massacre: Gunman that killed 13 was 'Buddhist who blamed colour of skin for lack of promotion'
Aaron Alexis named as killer on rampage in capital as background puts forces and gun laws in spotlight

Intentionally or otherwise Alexis will have given new fuel to the national gun control debate by virtue of perpetrating the horror within the very bounds of the country’s capital and within a stone’s throw of both Congress and the White House. The push for new gun controls that followed the Newtown school massacre of last December quickly petered out.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/washington-navy-massacre-gunman-that-killed-13-was-buddhist-who-blamed-colour-of-skin-for-lack-of-promotion-8820478.html