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imbroglio

2013年04月18日 | 英語学習
Japan Times OnlineのApr.2の記事に難しい単語が使われていましたが、何とか覚えたいと思います。
Finding a way out of the Pyongyang imbroglio It is probably a good idea to regard the latest bombast of threats from North Korea as one usually does: as the antics of an angry child hurling the rattle out of the crib in hopes of getting parents to pay more attention ... and right now!
"imbroglio" の意味を辞書で見ます。
・Collins Dictionary: a confused or perplexing political or interpersonal situation: Just as Macmillan was seeing a way out of the Congo imbroglio , the UN once again created difficulties for him.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: an unwanted, difficult, and confusing situation, full of trouble and problems: The Soviet Union became anxious to withdraw its soldiers from the Afghan imbroglio.
・Oxford English Dictionary: an extremely confused, complicated, or embarrassing situation: the abdication imbroglio of 1936
北朝鮮の "imbroglio" はエスカレートする一方で困ったものですね。
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