English Dictionary

Vietnam

IPA（発音記号）

/(ˈ)vjɛtˈnɑːm/

名詞

アメリカ英語 俗語 広義

A long and protracted war or conflict in which the dominating foreign occupier is unable to secure a victory. / (US, slang) A place that is very dangerous, especially if afflicted by violence.

日本語の意味

長期にわたる激しい戦争や紛争（特に外国の支配勢力が勝利を収めることができない状態） / （アメリカスラング）非常に危険な場所、特に暴力が蔓延している場所

What was intended to be a quick intervention quickly became a Vietnam for the invading army.

短期の介入のつもりが、侵攻軍にとって勝ち目のない泥沼の長期戦になってしまった。

意味（1）

A long and protracted war or conflict in which the dominating foreign occupier is unable to secure a victory.

another Vietnam

意味（2）

(US, slang) A place that is very dangerous, especially if afflicted by violence.

Welcome back to Vietnam, California.

意味（3）

(US, slang, by extension) A situation in which one cannot win.

Everyone was miserable, including Coppola. It was my Vietnam, he moaned a few months later.

Vietnams （ plural ）