conscience round

名詞

A blank round of ammunition issued to one or more members of a firing squad without telling them, so that each person in the squad knows there is a chance that they themselves did not fire the lethal shot.

日本語の意味

（銃殺隊において）各隊員に発行される、実弾ではない空薬莢。隊員にはどの射撃が致命的な一発か分からなくするため、各自が自分の担当した弾が致命的なものか否か判断できないようにする措置

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The commander secretly provided each member of the firing squad with a conscience round so that no one could be sure they had fired the fatal shot.

指揮官は、誰も自分が致命弾を撃ったとは確信できないように、銃殺隊の各隊員にこっそり空包を支給した。

詳細

意味（1）

A blank round of ammunition issued to one or more members of a firing squad without telling them, so that each person in the squad knows there is a chance that they themselves did not fire the lethal shot.

conscience rounds （ plural ）