Question of the Day #83

"Sean Spicer: Who is President Trump's spin doctor?"
From this article on the BBC News website.

上記の文で、spinの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "spin" mean?

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解答

意味： 英辞郎によると、


〈俗〉〔政治家などによる〕言葉の偏った解釈

Answer

According to Dictionary.com:

Slang. a particular viewpoint or bias, especially in the media; slant

Etymology/語源

Online Etymology Dictionaryによると、

「メディアによってあたえられた影響」の意味としては、1984年より。

According to Online Etymology Dictionary:

Meaning "influence imparted by a media source" is from 1984.

Examples

• They tried to put a favorable spin on the news coverage of the controversial speech.
• "The spin his people are putting on it is that he wants to do this for 40 years," says a talent representative.
• The idea that they would attempt to spin her nuanced response as politically calculating is even sillier.
• ‘he tried to put a positive spin on the president's campaign’
• ‘he was sick and tired of the Government's control freakery and spin’