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Brexit: Europe stunned by UK Leave vote
Biggest crisis yet for Brussels - by Chris Morris
This represents the biggest setback in decades for those who support the idea of European unity.
The EU has been dealing with multiple crises in recent years - but this could, and probably will, dwarf them all.
Veteran European politician Carl Bildt has already spoken of immediate turmoil and long-term uncertainty.
David Cameron's fellow leaders will expect him to invoke Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty next week, triggering a divorce negotiation lasting at least two years - a vastly complicated legal and political process.
The rest of the EU will want to forge a good deal with the British government, but in many capitals there will be little appetite for doing the UK any favours. That's partly because Euroscepticism is on the rise across the continent, and influential political leaders will not want to give the impression that leaving is easy.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36616018
今回取り上げるのはdwarfです。
名詞の「小人」の他に、動詞で「1．…を小さく見せる；…を大したものではないかのように見せる、矮小化する 2.…の発育（成長）を妨げる（止める）」の意味があります。（『ジーニアス英和辞典』（第五版、大修館書店）より）
LDOCEでも“to be so big that other things are made to seem very small”と定義されています。
イギリスがEU離脱したことにより、他の加盟国でも国民投票が実施され、“離脱ドミノ”が起こる恐れがあるようです。(flyingbird)
