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。

spate of 復習

 イスラム国によるテロ事件は年々減ることなく各地で起きています。
11 killed in attack claimed by ISIS, the latest in spate of violence in Afghanistan

In the latest incident in what has been a bloody week for Afghanistan, 11 soldiers were killed and 14 wounded when gunmen attacked an army outpost near a military academy outside of Kabul on Monday, according to an Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman.

ISIS's affiliate group in Afghanistan claimed responsibility for the attack, which police ended after killing four of the gunmen and capturing another.

It was the fourth major attack in Afghanistan in just over a week in a spate of violence that is bringing attention to U.S. strategy in the country, which has included a stepped-up military presence under President Donald Trump.

Just two days ago, on Jan. 27, a massive suicide car bomb killed 150 people in Kabul. On Jan. 24, six people died in an attack on the Save the Children office in Jalalabad. And, on Jan. 21, at least 22 people were killed after gunmen stormed the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/soldiers-killed-latest-afghanistan-attack-claimed-isis/story?id=52677703

 取り上げる表現は"spate of"です。『ジーニアス英和辞典』第4版(大修館)で"spate" /spéɪt/を調べてみると、「多数、多量」や「大雨、豪雨、洪水」、「(感情の)激発、(言葉の)ほとばしり」、「(事件などの)多発、続発」とあり、しばしば"a spate of"で「たくさんの」という意味で使われます。ここでは、事件の「多発」という意味で使われています。LDOCEでは、 "a large number of similar things that happen in a short period of time, especially bad things"と定義されています。(Akim)

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