weak-kneedとは 意味・読み方・使い方

The Dai Nihon Kyokai condemned the Meiji government's diplomacy as weak-kneed, and under the slogans of "the rigorous enforcement of the treaties," "an autonomous foreign policy," and "a hard-line stance against Qing," it primarily advocated the refusal of all treaty revisions except for the conclusion of treaties on equal terms and opposition to mixed residence of foreigners and Japanese in Japan.発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

明治政府の外交を柔弱と非難して、「条約励行・自主外交・対清強硬」を掲げて対等条約締結以外の一切の条約改正の拒否、内地雑居反対論などを掲げた。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス

Dissatisfied with Hisamasa's weak-kneed diplomacy, many of his vassals forced Hisamasa to retire for transferring his position as head of the family to Nagamasa AZAI, the heir to Hisamasa in 1560, when Nagamasa won a landslide victory over Yoshikata ROKKAKU at the Battle of Norada and became independent from the Rokkaku clan.発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

このような、久政の弱腰外交に家臣たちの多くが不満をもつようになり、1560年に久政の嫡男・浅井長政が野良田の戦いで六角義賢に大勝し六角氏から独立すると、家臣たちから家督を長政に譲ることを強要され、強制的に隠居させられることとなった。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス

To provide a device capable of holding tension of pasted paper strip turned around at the front end of a detachment plate even if nip rollers are distantly disposed from the front end of the detachment plate, thereby detaching a thin label with low rigidity which is so-called weak-kneed label.例文帳に追加

本発明は、剥離板の先端部から離れた位置にニップローラが配置される場合にも、剥離板の先端部で転向される帯状台紙にテンションを持続させることができ、薄厚で剛性の低い、所謂腰の弱いラベルを剥離することができる装置を提供することを課題とする。 - 特許庁

Because he entered Kan'ei-ji Temple for disciplinary confinement as soon as the New Government designated him as the Imperial Court's enemy, he was considered as a reasonable man who respected the Emperor and the Imperial Court (perhaps this was due to the teaching of Mito-han [Clan] that highly respected the Emperor and also to the fact that his mother was from the Imperial Family); however, on the other hand, he was also called weak-kneed because as the lord of his people, he was not able to stand resolutely in the face of the enemy.発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

新政府から朝敵とされるや否や、寛永寺に謹慎した事などから、天皇や朝廷を重んじる心ある者だと評価される（尊王思想である水戸学や、母親が皇室出身であることなどが多分に影響していると思われる）が、一方で、主君として敵に毅然とした対応を示さなかったため、「弱腰」とも言われた。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス

By collaborating with them who were pushing for realistic changes in government policy, aiming at participation in the administration, Mutsu dismissed the pressure by the hard-line six parties who condemned Mutsu diplomacy 'weak-kneed' because he yielded to the Triple Intervention and couldn't recover the tariff autonomy, then pursued and promoted the foreign policy with level-headed analysis based on the power politics.発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

陸奥は政権参画を目指して現実的な政策転換を進める彼らと連携することによって、三国干渉に屈して関税自主権を回復できなかった陸奥外交を「軟弱」と糾弾する硬六派の圧力を斥けて、パワー・ポリティックスに基づいた冷静な分析に基づいた外交政策を追及・推進した。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス