Question of the Day #1306

Ramcharger Takes A Belt And Suspenders Approach To Electric Pickup Trucks

From the headline of this article at Clean Technica.

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

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解答

意味：
英辞郎には、なぜかbelt and suspendersを掲載していませんが、同義語のbelt and bracesはあります。(bracesは、suspendersの別名) belt and bracesの意味は、

〈比喩〉〔危険を回避するための〕二重対策、念には念を入れた対策

   

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

involving or employing multiple methods or procedures to achieve a desired result, especially out of caution or fear of failure

 

Examples

1. A small, personal estate-planning company accurately applied belt-and-suspenders thinking when it created an instructional service for insurance salesmen to teach them how to "push" its financial plans. —Mack Hanan, Harvard Business Review, May-June 1976
2. These are belt-and-suspenders kinds of investments. —Thomas P. Murphy, Forbes, 25 Dec. 1978
3. ‘Belt and suspenders’ ordinance regarding a new ski lift ticket tax means most Mountain Village voters will get two separate ballots for the Nov. 4 election.
4. While some cities may be rushing to codify a sanctuary city statute, it could be "a little bit of belt and suspenders," said Attorney General Rob Bonta.
5. “It’s kind of a belt and suspenders approach. We don’t want to wait until anything is necessary. We have to be prepared to implement it if the time arises, and hopefully it won’t,” Schmidt said.

   

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