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。

enclave 復習

 シリア内戦は終息しつつあるように見えますが、実際はまだ複雑な状況に直面しています。
Syria war seems to wind down, but map belies conflict ahead

BEIRUT — At a news conference announcing the end of yet another fruitless round of peace talks in Geneva earlier this month, the U.N. envoy for Syria held up a color-coded map showing the divisions of territorial control in the war-torn country. The multi-colored image displayed by a frustrated Staffan de Mistura is what Syria looks like today: a collage of mostly ravaged enclaves controlled by an assorted mix of local and foreign powers, each with a stake in the country’s ongoing civil war.

Nearly seven years into the conflict, the war seems on one level to be winding down, largely because of Russian-backed government victories and local cease-fires aimed at freezing the lines of conflict.

Underscoring this perception is the fact that President Bashar Assad — however battered and bruised — has survived the conflict, sitting more comfortably now than at any time since the rebellion against his rule erupted in March 2011. The fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militant group, which at one point controlled a third of the country, is almost over, with both Russia and the United States declaring victory in their mission to defeat the extremist group.

Yet the country is still a tangled mess, with violent conflict likely to continue for the foreseeable future. Despite stepped-up diplomatic efforts, the parties are no closer to reaching a peace settlement than they were in 2012, when the first round of peace talks was held in Switzerland.

http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0004144891

 取り上げる単語は"enclave"です。『ジーニアス英和辞典』第4版(大修館)で調べてみると、「(自国に入り込んだ他国の)飛び領土、民族集団」とあり、フランス語から来ている語であります。LDOCEでは、"a small area that is within a larger area where people of a different kind or nationality live"と定義されています。ロシア政府のアサド政権支持に伴った終戦の見通しがあったものの、一方的な勝利ではなく協議の機会を設けるという案が出されるなど、まだまだ時間がかかりそうです。(Akim)

enclave - 田邉祐司ゼミ 常時英心:言葉の森から