Question of the Day #1018

India’s juggernaut of censorship

From the headline of this article at The Hindu.

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

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

1. 《ヒンディー》ジャガノート、人を犠牲にするもの、絶対的な力［主義・制度］、不可抗力的なもの◆可算
2. 巨大金融機関、コングロマリット

問題の見出しの場合の意味は一番目の訳(絶対的な力)です。この単語は、さまざまな場面で使用されます。

   

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

1. a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path
2. chiefly British: a large heavy truck

 

Examples

• Health care has turned into something of a juggernaut in the economy recently.
• The group became a sales juggernaut in the commodity options business.
• They were constructed to speed into the World Series, a juggernaut of money and bat-swinging might. — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2023
• And so Reid, cunning and ruthless in equal measure, leveraged his enormous clout and fundraising muscle to turn Nevada’s creaky state party into a campaign juggernaut. — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023
• Klarna, the Swedish buy now, pay later juggernaut, is on a mission to trim its losses and expand in European markets. — Byprarthana Prakash, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2023

   

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