shirk 復習
格安スマホの契約時には本人確認が厳しく行われるようになるかもしれません。
Ministry seeks better vetting for budget smartphones
The communications ministry has asked an industry organization to thoroughly verify the identities of budget smartphone users when they form a contract, it has been learned.
It is often possible to complete subscription procedures on the internet for budget smartphones, which offer lower communication charges than ordinary smartphones, and there is a rapidly growing number of cases in which smartphones are acquired with forged ID documents and then misused for crimes such as bank transfer scams.
To address this situation, the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry will strengthen countermeasures such as implementing administrative measures against malicious smartphone providers that shirk efforts to prevent fraud, according to informed sources.
The ministry has reportedly sent a written request to the Telecom Services Association, which comprises about 50 companies selling budget smartphones, including Rakuten Inc. and Line Corp. It called on the association to enhance training for staff in charge of user subscriptions, make sure to report to the police and other relevant authorities when possible frauds are discovered, and share information about fraud methods, the sources said.
以下省略
http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0003507435
今回取り上げる表現はshirk /ʃˈɚːk/です。『ライトハウス英和辞典』（第5版 研究社）で調べると、他動詞では「1（責任など）を回避する（avoid）、逃れる 2（仕事など）を怠ける」、自動詞では「責任逃れをする、怠ける（from）」という意味がそれぞれ見つかりました。
LDOCEには “to deliberately avoid doing something you should do, because you are lazy” と定義されており、 “because you are lazy” という部分がポイントとなるかと思われます。
今回の記事の “smartphone providers that shirk efforts to prevent fraud” は、不正防止のための取り組みを怠っている業者を表していると考えられます。（aqua）
