vandal

• n. 文化や芸術の破壊者；意図的な妨害者
• adj.文化?芸術の破壊者

西暦455年にローマを略奪したゲルマン民族の名前であるラテン語のVandalusが語源。

vandal

vandal: [17] The term vandal commemorates a Germanic tribe, the Vandals, who sacked Rome in 455 AD, and thereby earned themselves a reputation as destroyers of civilization. Their name for themselves was *Wandal-, which etymologically means ‘wanderer’.

vandal (n.)

1660s, "willful destroyer of what is beautiful or venerable," from Vandals, name of the Germanic tribe that sacked Rome in 455 under Genseric, from Latin Vandalus (plural Vandali), from the tribe's name for itself (Old English Wendlas), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *wandljaz "wanderer." The literal historical sense in English is recorded from 1550s.

There does not seem to be in the story of the capture of Rome by the Vandals any justification for the charge of willful and objectless destruction of public buildings which is implied in the word 'vandalism.' It is probable that this charge grew out of the fierce persecution which was carried on by [the Vandal king] Gaiseric and his son against the Catholic Christians, and which is the darkest stain on their characters. ["Encyclopaedia Britannica," 13th ed., 1926]

1. A vandal with a chainsaw cut down a tree.

故意に公共物を破壊した人がチェーンソーで木を切り倒した。

2.Bruce was no unthinking vandal .

ブルースは決して破壊しようとする無鉄砲な男ではない。

3.The couple set up a 24-hour security camera to trap the vandal scratching their car.

夫婦は24時間監視カメラを設置し、故意に車を壊したやつを捕まえようとした。

4.The most efficient in poor light conditions.An extremely sturdy， vandal -proof PV.

は光照射差の条件下で最も有効なPVであり、耐久性があり、丈夫である。dd>

5. Vandal have pull the telephone out of the call boxes.

公共財を破壊した者は電話機を電話ボックスの外に引っ張り出す。