常時英心:言葉の森から 1.0

約10年間,はてなダイアリーで英語表現の落穂拾いを行ってきました。現在はAmeba Blogに2.0を開設し,継続中です。こちらはしばらくアーカイブとして維持します。

perfidious

 人権団体がブラジルに対して,スリランカ大使であるジャガス・ジャヤスリヤ氏の逮捕を求めております。ジャヤスリヤ氏はスリランカの元将軍でありスリランカで内戦が生じたときに多くの市民を殺害しました、
 記事の中で気になった単語は"perfidious"/pɚfídiəs/ です。『Wisdom英和辞典第三版』(三省堂)を調べると「不誠実な, 裏切りの, 信頼できない」などという意味がありました。人権団体は永らくジャヤスリヤ氏の逮捕を要請しておりました。(Ume)

Sri Lanka's Jagath Jayasuriya wanted for war crimes

"In the pivotal period between 2007-2009 he was really in charge of what was happening in the Vanni area," lawyer Yasmin Sooka of the International Truth and Justice Project told the BBC's Newshour programme.
"The UN inquiry found that the army certainly didn't maintain the distinction between civilians and combatants, and they also violated the law on the question of proportionality.
In the last months of the war hundreds of thousands of Tamils ended up trapped on a tiny strip of land.
"What was really awful was the perfidious conduct in putting people into no-fire zones and then shelling and bombarding them, which is why you have such a huge loss of life," Ms Sooka said.
Lawsuits are also due to be filed in Peru, Chile and Argentina, according to the group.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41089396