ominous #2
北朝鮮はミサイルの発射実験を今週中に実施する意思があることをBBSの記者に述べました。国際社会からの非難や米国との緊張関係は続きそうです。
記事の中で気になった単語は"ominous"です。『Wisdom英和辞典第三版』(三省堂)には「不吉な, 胸騒ぎのする」などという意味がありました。Oxford Dictionaries.comには"Giving the worrying impression that something bad is going to happen; threateningly inauspicious"と定義されております。安倍首相は北朝鮮に対し引き続圧力を与える必要があると述べました。(Ume)
North Korea 'will test missiles weekly', senior official tells BBC
"We'll be conducting more missile tests on a weekly, monthly and yearly basis," Vice-Foreign Minister Han Song-ryol told the BBC's John Sudworth.
He said that an "all-out war" would result if the US took military action.
Earlier, US Vice-President Mike Pence warned North Korea not to test the US.
He said his country's "era of strategic patience" with North Korea was over. Mr Pence arrived in Seoul on Sunday hours after Pyongyang carried out a failed missile launch.
On Tuesday, while visiting Tokyo, he called the North Korea regime "the most ominous threat" to the region. He reiterated that while the US and allies would exert economic pressure, "all options are on the table" in dealing with Pyongyang.
Tensions have been escalating on the peninsula, with heated rhetoric from both North Korea and the US.
