be vocal in 復習
フィリピンの大統領選挙の投票が迫っています。焦点は当然，中国への対応です。
Philippine fishermen favor strong president to end China blockade
Reuters
MASINLOC/MANILA, Philippines (Reuters) — A trawler named “Marvin” lies beached on a grass bank overlooking the South China Sea, idle since China’s coastguard began driving away Philippine fishermen after a fierce standoff four years ago.
Its 10-man crew once made their living off the abundant fish stocks of the disputed Scarborough Shoal about 124 nautical miles away. But since Beijing’s patrol boats moved in, the fishermen of the west coast town of Masinloc said they had been forced to do odd jobs ashore, or become motorcycle taxi drivers.
The crews yearn to get back into their boats and hope that the Philippine election on May 9 will bring a new president bold enough to stand up to China’s assertiveness in the disputed waters of the South China Sea.
中略
The sentiment is shared by fishermen from Vietnam and Malaysia, as China’s fishing fleet and accompanying coastguard armada have expanded within a nine-dash line that denotes Beijing’s claims to nine-tenths of the world’s most contested waterway.
With a relatively small and under-equipped military, the Philippines wants no confrontation with China, but it has been vocal in asserting its claims to the Spratly islands and its rights to exploit its coastal waters.
以下省略
http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0002928383
本日取り上げる表現は “vocal in” です。
はじめにMerriam-Webster.comを確認したところ, “vocal” は “given to expressing oneself freely or insistently” と定義され, “ He is very vocal in his criticism of me.” という例が挙げられていました。
続いて “vocal” を『新英和大辞典』(第五版, 研究社)で調べると, 「(要求などを)やかましく[声高に]主張する」とありました。 そして「“vocal” は “vowel” と二重語である」と記載されていたため, “vowel” を索引したところ, 「(廃)(博打などで)<人>に「借りておく( I owe you )」と言う, <人に>借用書( IOU )を渡す」という動詞が記されていました。
これまで “vocal” “vowel” は, それぞれ「声楽曲」「母音」という意味しか知りませんでしたが, どちらも人に対して作用する意をもつことがわかりました。(Cayu)
以前, 先生が取り上げられた “vocal” の記事です。
