pros and cons 復習

The pros and cons over the LDP plan to add a provision defining legal grounds for the Self-Defense Forces to Article 9 of the Constitution was reversed in the latest survey. Thirty-nine percent of respondents, down from 45 percent, said they are in favor of this plan, while 43 percent, up from 38 percent, said they are against it. It was the first time in five surveys that opposition to the plan outweighed support for it since a March survey when respondents were asked the same question.

http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0004760622

pros and consが気になりました。『ジーニアス英和辞典』を参照するとone’s pros and consで「（…の）よい点と悪い点，良し悪し;賛否（の意見）」とありました。

『オックスフォード現代英英辞典』では“the advantages and disadvantages of sth”と定義されています。例文にはWe weighted up the pros and cons.とあることから、代名詞や冠詞theを用いることがわかります。さらにarguments for and againstで同じ意味を表すことができます。(Kiwi girl)