wanton

１．今日の単語は wanton です。全然良い意味はありません。例文を見ていきましょう。

Taiwan furious at China’s ‘wanton military aggression’ after largest ever incursion by air force – TAIPEI — Taiwan sharply criticized China on Saturday after Beijing marked the founding of the People’s Republic of China with the largest ever incursion by the Chinese air force into the island’s air defense zone. (from National Post)

中国と台湾の関係。

Man charged with wanton endangerment and assault – Cody Collins, 21, of Richmond was arrested and charged with first-degree wanton endangerment and fourth-degree assault after Richmond police officers were called to a residence regarding a physical domestic dispute. When officers arrived, Collins had fled the scene, the citation states. The victim stated she and Collins had been fighting all day and when she attempted to leave, Collins slammed a door on her several times. The victim stated she was holding a baby while Collins was slamming the door. (from Richmond Register)

悪意をもって相手を生命の危機に陥れるような状況があったのでしょうか。これだけではわかりませんね。

What is Wanton Endangerment? In most cases, people can largely identify what is prohibited under the law by the name of the offense. For example, we generally know what the crime is when someone is charged with drug possession, drug trafficking, DUI, robbery, rape or murder. Wanton endangerment is a little more difficult to define. Kentucky statutes define “wantonly” this way: A person acts wantonly with respect to a result or to a circumstance described by a statute defining an offense when he is aware of and consciously disregards a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the result will occur or that the circumstance exists. The risk must be of such nature and degree that disregard thereof constitutes a gross deviation from the standard of conduct that a reasonable person would observe in the situation. (from Ron Aslam Law Office)

ある法律事務所のホームページに解説がありました。定義が難しそうです。

Wanton violence is now becoming a regular feature of urban life.

残念なことです。

Why jeopardize your career in such a wanton way?

これまた訳しにくいですね。

His diaries were wantonly destroyed.

そんな理不尽な、、、

２．ひとつの訳がうかびません。英英辞典と英和辞典の意味を確認しておきましょう。

(of something bad, such as damage, cruelty, waste) extreme and showing no care at all:

A wanton action deliberately causes harm, damage, or waste without having any reason to.

If someone describes a woman as wanton, they disapprove of her because she clearly enjoys sex or has sex with a lot of men.

done, shown, used, etc., maliciously or unjustifiably:

残酷な、無慈悲な、理不尽な、不公平な

みだらな、ふしだらな

今日の単語は

wanton 理不尽な、無慈悲な

でした

半年前の単語は astute 頭の切れる

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