Noam Chomsky著のHopes Prospectsは現代の歴史書でもあるので中東情勢についてはイスラエルが舞台の話が多い。
The most important of these is the salient extending to the east of the greatly expanded Jerusalem area including the town of Ma'aleh Adumim, whose lands extend virtually to Jericho, effectively bisecting the West Bank.
"salient" に「顕著な」という意味がありますが、上の文の "salient" はちょっと違う意味の様です。
・Collins Dictionary:
a) (esp in fortifications) projecting outwards at an angle of less than 180
b) (geometry) (of an angle) pointing outwards from a polygon and hence less than 180°: Units of the British Army, mostly Scottish, were manning trenches south of the notorious Ypres salient for about 40km.
・Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary: projecting beyond a line, surface, or level
・Vocabulary.com: If something stands out in a very obvious way, it can be called salient. It's time to find new friends if the differences between you and your current friends are becoming more and more salient.
Salient, from the Latin verb salire "to leap," was originally used in English to refer to leaping animals such as a frog or deer and may still be used this way. Often, however, it is used in math or geography to mean protruding. A salient angle juts outward rather than inward. Figuratively, it means noticeable or prominent. When giving an argument, make your most salient points at the beginning or the end.
なるほど、突出部なら目立つのも当然ですね。
The most important of these is the salient extending to the east of the greatly expanded Jerusalem area including the town of Ma'aleh Adumim, whose lands extend virtually to Jericho, effectively bisecting the West Bank.
"salient" に「顕著な」という意味がありますが、上の文の "salient" はちょっと違う意味の様です。
・Collins Dictionary:
a) (esp in fortifications) projecting outwards at an angle of less than 180
b) (geometry) (of an angle) pointing outwards from a polygon and hence less than 180°: Units of the British Army, mostly Scottish, were manning trenches south of the notorious Ypres salient for about 40km.
・Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary: projecting beyond a line, surface, or level
・Vocabulary.com: If something stands out in a very obvious way, it can be called salient. It's time to find new friends if the differences between you and your current friends are becoming more and more salient.
Salient, from the Latin verb salire "to leap," was originally used in English to refer to leaping animals such as a frog or deer and may still be used this way. Often, however, it is used in math or geography to mean protruding. A salient angle juts outward rather than inward. Figuratively, it means noticeable or prominent. When giving an argument, make your most salient points at the beginning or the end.
なるほど、突出部なら目立つのも当然ですね。
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