farce

１．今日の単語は farce です。まずは例文から意味を予想してみましょう。

CHRISTINE FLOWERS: Why I think feminism is a farce – Whenever I write about abortion, I get a lot of pushback from people who disagree. I fully admit that I’m an extremist when it comes to whether a child has a right to be born. There is no wiggle room for me, no negotiation, no gray areas. The “rape and incest” exceptions are what my old law professors used to call “red herrings” used to shut down discussion. (from The Hartsville Messenger)

ある方の意見ですが。フェミニズムは farce だとおっしゃっています。

Dorset Players open season with raucous ‘Kindly Leave The Stage’　-　DORSET — After a year and a half in the shadows of a global pandemic, the Dorset Players have come roaring back for a full season, kicking it off with one of the most ridiculous farces out there today, John Chapman’s “Kindly Leave The Stage,” directed by Richard Maiori.　(from Brattleboro Reformer)

これがもともとの意味ですね。劇場での farce は楽しいものです。

Tyson Fury, Deontay Wilder press conference degenerates into a farce – Tyson Fury hit out at Deontay Wilder as the boxers faced off at their pre-fight press conference ahead of Sunday’s (AEDT) heavyweight showdown. The pair are finally meeting in the ring for their trilogy fight after Covid complications caused their bout, which was originally scheduled for earlier in the year, to be postponed. (from News.com.au)

事情はよくわかりませんが、記者会見が farce となった、という例文です。

The play suddenly changes from farce to tragedy.

舞台が突然 farce から悲劇に変わったと。

No one had prepared anything so the meeting was a bit of a farce.

これはダメですね、、、でもよくあります。

The elections have been reduced to a farce.

これもよくある。。。選挙が farce で終わる。

２．では、英英辞典と英和辞典の意味を確認しておきましょう。

A farce is a humorous play in which the characters become involved in complicated and unlikely situations.

Farce is the style of acting and writing that is typical of farces.

If you describe a situation or event as a farce, you mean that it is so disorganized or ridiculous that you cannot take it seriously.

a humorous play or film where the characters become involved in unlikely situations

a situation that is very badly organized or unfair:

笑劇、茶番劇、道化芝居

〔状況や出来事の〕茶番、笑いぐさ◆あまりにばかげた状況や出来事。

今日の単語は

farce 茶番

でした

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