detterent
[ 抑止するもの、抑止力
=something that makes someone less likely to do something, by making them realize it will be difficult or have bad results (vt)deter
would-be criminal
[ 犯罪者予備軍
would-be
=(adj)someone who hopes to have a particular job or intends to do a particular thing
drawback
[ 障害、不利
=a disadvantage of a situation, plan, product etc #The main drawback to these products is that they tend to be too salty.(LDOCE)
a bad feature of somet disadvantage, drawback, liabilitly, limitation, the downside
If the anti-gun wusses got their way
[ もし銃反対の意気地なしの思い通りにしたら
wuss
[ ( 米俗〉憶病者、怖がり
=(spoken) someone who you think is weak or lacks courage
*It's slang. It means that someone is a coward or a wimp.
against takeover by a tyrannical regime
[ 専制主義による政変に対して
takeover
[ 奪取、横取り
=an act of getting control of a country or political organization, using force tyrannical
[ 専制的な、暴君的な
=behaving in a cruel and unfair way towards someone you have power over (n)tyrant
regime
[ 政治形態、社会体制
=a government, especially one that was not elected fairly or that you disapprove of for some other reason
hostile state
[ 敵対国
☆Zero in on the lesson☆
render + 目的語+補語 OをCにする(させる)makeよりも文語的
the life-term sentence
[ 終身刑宣言
その新しい発明がかつてはやっかいだった仕事をずっと簡単にした
[ The new invention has rendered the once troublesome job much easier to do
☆Vocabulary for the topic☆
passage
[ 法案などの通過、成立
=when a new law is discussed and accepted by a parliament or Congress
term (in proson)
=a fixed period of time during which someone does something or something happens prison term #The men each received a 30-year prison term.(LDOCE)
issue
=if an organization or someone in an official position issues something such as documents or equipment, they give these things to people who need them #issue a passport/permit/visa etc
thorough background check of the applicant
[ 申込者の徹底した経歴調査