English Dictionary

10 Downing Street

固有名詞

イギリス英語 広義 換喩的

(UK politics) The address of the residence in London of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. / (UK politics, by extension, metonymically) The title or office of the Prime Minister.

日本語の意味

英国首相官邸（ロンドンにある英国首相の住居） / 英国首相の職位または称号を指す（転じて英国首相を意味する場合もある）

The delegation visited 10 Downing Street to deliver a message to the Prime Minister.

一行は首相に伝言を届けるため、ロンドンにある英国首相官邸（ダウニング街10番地）を訪れた。

意味（1）

(UK politics) The address of the residence in London of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

意味（2）

(UK politics, by extension, metonymically) The title or office of the Prime Minister.

... he declared from early in his life that he intended to be viceroy of India, as a natural stepping-stone on his way to 10 Downing Street.

意味（3）

(by extension, metonymically) The government of the United Kingdom.

... explicitly clear, in the way that 10 Downing Street has made it clear in the case of city academies, that it is perfectly legitimate to put people in the House of Lords ...