forensic 復習
Eight Argentinian police officers have been dismissed after claiming that more than half a ton of marijuana which disappeared from a police warehouse had been eaten by mice.
中略
But forensic experts told the court they doubted even a large number of rodents could have eaten so much marijuana.
気になったのはforensic / fərénsɪk / です。語源はラテン語のforēns「公共広場」からきています。The Free Dictionaryによると“Relating to used in, or appropriate for courts of law or for public discussion or argumentation” “Relating to the use of science or technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law”と定義されています。今回は1番目の意味で使用されています。『ジーニアス英和辞典』では「法廷の，法廷における」とあります。また他に「犯罪科学の，弁論に適した」の意味を持ちます。(Kiwi girl)
