trumpet#2
北朝鮮が，2回めのミサイル発射実験が失敗したと報じました。今月初頭にも発射実験に失敗しております。
記事の中で気になった単語は"trumpet"です。楽器の「トランペット」以外にも，「 吹聴 (ふいちょう) する，（公に）誇示する 」などという意味がありました（『Wisdom英和辞典第三版』（三省堂））。Oxford Dictionaries,comには"Proclaim widely or loudly"と定義されております。国際社会からの厳しい制裁にさられているため，北朝鮮がこのような教皇な行動をとっているという見方があります。k(Ume)
North Korea second mid-range missile test fails, says South
No confirmation of the attempt or the failure has come from North Korea, but sources in South Korea say that the movement of two so-called Musudan missiles, mounted on trucks, was detected earlier in the month.
One was launched two weeks ago and tracked but failed to go far. The same has now happened to the second, according to South Korea.
Kim Jong-un is building up to a big event in just over a week, a rare meeting of the ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang.
He has trumpeted a series of announcements about progress towards having a nuclear-tipped missile capable of striking Washington. Failed launches indicate that the reality may not match the rhetoric.
All the same, they indicate determination. A fifth nuclear test coinciding with the congress would not be a surprise.
