English Dictionary

political vacuum

名詞

A state of relative anarchy compared to neighboring states, often caused by death of the head of state before a successor could be designated.

日本語の意味

隣国と比べて、指導者の死などにより後継者が決定されず、政治的権力の空白や混乱状態となること。 / 政権や政治的支配力が一時的に失われ、無政府状態や相対的無秩序に陥る状況。

After the sudden death of the monarch, the border regions descended into a political vacuum, with rival factions scrambling for control.

君主の急死の後、国境地域は権力の空白に陥り、対立する派閥が支配権を巡って争った。

意味（1）

A state of relative anarchy compared to neighboring states, often caused by death of the head of state before a successor could be designated.

Both directly and through their terrorist intermediaries in Lebanon, Iran's ayatollahs have been meddling in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for years. But the death of Yasser Arafat, and the political vacuum that has emerged in the wake of the Palestinian strongman's passing, have laid the groundwork for even greater Iranian infiltration of Palestinian politics.

political vacuums （ plural ）