Friday, January 16, 2026

Question of the Day #1349

Embarrassing floor meltdown has House Republicans questioning their leaders
From the headline of this article at Politico.

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

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解答

意味:
英辞郎によると、
【名】
  1. 〔原子炉の〕炉心溶融、メルトダウン
  2. 〔金属の〕溶融
  3. 〔株式市場の〕暴落
  4. 〔金融・経済などの〕破綻
  5. 〔法廷の判断による〕最終的な処分
注意:この英辞郎の訳の中に、下記英語の定義3の訳がありません。それは、「(疲労や過剰な刺激による)自己制御[統制]の破綻」になります。
なお、問題の見出しの場合は4番の「破綻」が敵訳だと思います。

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:
  1. the accidental melting of the core of a nuclear reactor
  2. a rapid or disastrous decline or collapse
  3. a breakdown of self-control (as from fatigue or overstimulation)
 

Examples

  1. After a long day at the beach, our toddler had a major meltdown in the car on the way home.
  2. Saxon is the only one who has a meltdown about the phones. — Erik Kain, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
  3. The next ransomware meltdown or worse could be one bug away. — Lily Hay Newman, Wired, 8 July 2021
  4. Ecological meltdown in predator-free forest fragments.
  5. In 2008, when the mortgage meltdown threatened the U.S. housing market, the Treasury agreed to support the two companies in exchange for senior preferred stock purchase agreements. From Barron's
   

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