unwittingly 復習
ninetails様と記事が被りました。
Japanese city gives back photo award stripped in connection with girl’s suicide
A northeastern Japanese city buckled under public criticism and decided Wednesday to hand back a cancelled photography award despite the subject of the winner’s artwork being a girl who was bullied into committing suicide.
The city of Kuroishi, Aomori Prefecture, had stripped the winning photographer of his award because he had unwittingly submitted a photo featuring a dancing and smiling 13-year-old Rima Kasai, who later took her own life.
Kuroishi Mayor Ken Takahi told a news conference, “We would like to deeply apologize to her bereaved family.”
After the withdrawal of the award on Monday, Kasai’s family released both her name and the award-winning image in the hope it would bring attention to the issue of bullying, saying they want people to see their daughter smiling.
The photo was taken in Kuroishi on Aug. 15, 10 days before Kasai jumped to her death from a train platform. The girl had left a suicide note asking that her
tormentors never bully again.
今回取り上げる表現は２段落目の"unwittingly"という単語です。文脈から「うっかり」という意味を思い浮かべました。
『ジーニアス英和辞典』(第５版)には「知らないうちに、無意識に」と載っておりWord Reference com には"unintentional;accidental;not on purpose:"と定義されていました。
ここでは「無意識に写真を載っけてしまった」と解釈できると思いました。(Mt.Fuji)
p.s. 過去にも同じ単語が取り上げられています。
unwittingly - 田邉祐司ゼミ 常時英心：言葉の森から
