Redlineとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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名詞

red line (複数形 red lines)

1. (ice hockey) The thick red line on the ice which divides the rink in half.
2. (figurative) A boundary or limit which should not be crossed.
   • 2013 May 4, Daniel Byman, “Mr. Obama, Don’t Draw That Line”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     The administration’s ultimatum now seems like cheap talk, and it illustrates the risks of carelessly drawing red lines and issuing highly public threats that won’t be enforced.

   • 2023 September 6, Christian Wolmar, “Rail strikes: little prospect of negotiations”, in RAIL, number 991, page 44:

     After a failed attempt by ministers to bounce the union into an agreement by announcing its terms (which included all sorts of union red lines such as drivers having to pay for their own training) in the media rather than over the negotiation table, there is an understandable reluctance on the part of the unions to engage in any discussions unless there are no preconditions.

参考

• blue line
• goal line (“thin red lines in front of the goals”)
• green line
• redline (verb)
• single yellow line

Further reading

• “red line”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “red line”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “red line” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

アナグラム

• Nile red, relined

語源

red +‎ line, originating with the frequent use of red pen or pencil to mark corrections on drawings and documents (1), and the red markings on a tachometer (2).

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛd ˌlaɪn/
• 韻: -ɛdlaɪn

名詞

redline (複数形 redlines)

1. A drawing, document, etc. that has been marked for correction or modification.
2. The maximum speed at which the engine in a car or aircraft etc. is designed to operate.

動詞

redline (三人称単数 現在形 redlines, 現在分詞 redlining, 過去形および過去分詞形 redlined)

1. To mark a drawing or document for correction or modification.
2. (automotive) To run an internal combustion engine to its maximum or maximum recommended speed.
3. (Canada, 米国用法, urban studies) To deny or complicate access to services (such as banking, insurance, または healthcare) to residents in specific, often racially determined, areas.

   Antonym: greenline

   • 1995 September, Richard Barbrook; Andy Cameron, “The Californian Ideology”, in Mute‎^[1], volume 1, number 3, ISSN 1356-7748:

     Already ‘redlined’ by profit-hungry telcos, the inhabitants of poor inner city areas can be shut out of the new on-line services through lack of money.