confrontation
英 [,kɒnfrʌn'teɪʃn]
美 [,kɑnfrən'teʃən]
英語の語源
- confrontation (n.)
- 1630s, "action of bringing two parties face to face," from Medieval Latin confrontationem (nominative confrontatio), noun of action from past participle stem of confrontare (see confront). International political sense is attested from 1963 and traces to the "Cuban missile crisis" of the previous year.
例文
- 1. The King made major concessions to end the confrontation with his people.
- その臣民との衝突を終わらせるために、国王は大きな譲歩をした。
- 2.He had ducked the confrontation with United Nations inspectors last summer.
- 昨年夏、国連査察官との対峙を避けた。
- 3.This could pitch the government into confrontation with the work-force.
- これは政府を労働者と正面から戦う立場に追い込む可能性がある。
- 4.They will plead with him to pull back from confrontation .
- 競合からの脱退を要求します。
- 5.The confrontation turned ugly.
- 対抗局面はさらに激化している。
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