English Dictionary

bork

IPA（発音記号）

/bɔːk/

動詞

アメリカ英語 軽蔑的 自動詞 頻度副詞 他動詞

(transitive, intransitive, US politics, often derogatory) To defeat a person's appointment or election, judicial nomination, etc., through a concerted attack on the person's character, background, and philosophy.

日本語の意味

政治的文脈で、その人物の人柄、経歴、思想などを徹底的に攻撃することで、任命、選挙、あるいは司法指名などを阻止または失敗させる行為を指す。

The senator vowed to bork any nominee whose record suggested judicial activism.

上院議員は、判事としての活動的な姿勢がうかがえる指名候補者を徹底的な中傷で不承認に追い込むと誓った。

意味（1）

(transitive, intransitive, US politics, often derogatory) To defeat a person's appointment or election, judicial nomination, etc., through a concerted attack on the person's character, background, and philosophy.

In light of the current furor over trying to appoint a new Supreme Court justice, I would like to submit a new verb in the English language. Three forms would be to bork, borking, and borked. This would describe the act of partisan political character assassination.]

borks （ present singular third-person ）

borking （ participle present ）

borked （ participle past ）

borked （ past ）