From the headline of this article at ABC News.
上記の文で、sensitiveの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "sensitive" mean?
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解答
意味：英辞郎には非常に多くの意味があるけれど、この場合は間違いなく、
〔情報・技術などが〕機密のです。
Answer
Although sensitive has many different definitions, according to Merriam-Webster this is the best definition for this example:concerned with highly classified government information or involving discretionary authority over important policy matters
Etymology/語源
Online Etymology Dictionaryによると、「国家の安全保障に関わる」という意味は、1953年に初めて使用された。
According to Online Etymology Dictionary:
Meaning "involving national security" is recorded from 1953.
Examples
- Twitter is removing accounts that had been locked due to an unusual change in behavior such as the sudden sharing of misleading links, sensitive information and other types of problematic content. — Sarah E. Needleman, WSJ, "Twitter Follower Numbers to Drop as It Removed Locked Accounts," 11 July 2018
- ‘he was suspected of passing sensitive information to other countries’
- a sensitive position in the State Department.
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