The laureate behind bars, Nobel-decorated dissident

China Sentences Brother-in-Law of Laureate

By EDWARD WONG

The 11-year prison sentence is being widely seen as political persecution of the Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo.

The laureate behind bars

Oct 8th 2010, 12:58 by J.M. | BEIJING

Officials might one day choose an opportune moment to use the release of their Nobel-decorated dissident to win plaudits from Western governments. As Mr Liu has observed, China “has learned that by forcing famous dissidents into exile it kills two birds with one stone: it gives the dissidents a way out and wins favour with the international community; it also gets rid of direct political opponents, and belittles the moral image of dissidents within the country.” Mr Liu will now have to worry about such a fate for himself.

laureate

adj.

1. Worthy of the greatest honor or distinction: "The nation's pediatrician laureate is preparing to lay down his black bag" (James Traub).
2. Crowned or decked with laurel as a mark of honor.
3. Archaic. Made of laurel sprigs, as a wreath or crown.

n.

1. One honored or awarded a prize for great achievements especially in the arts or sciences: a Nobel laureate.
2. A poet laureate.

[Middle English, from Latin laureātus, adorned with laurel, from laurea, crown of laurel, from feminine of laureus, of laurel, from laurus, laurel.]

laureateship lau're·ate·ship' n.

laureate

 

音節

lau • re • ate

発音

lɔ'ːriət

laureateの変化形

laureates (複数形)

[形]

1 ((文))（名誉の印として）月桂冠を頂いた.

2 （ある分野で）優秀な, 認められた；〈詩人が〉桂冠の栄誉に値する

a poet laureate
桂冠詩人.

3 〈花輪・冠などが〉月桂樹でできた.

━━[名]

1 名誉を受けた人, 受賞者

a Nobel laureate
ノーベル賞受賞者.

2 桂冠詩人.

3 賞賛者.

［ラテン語laureātus（laurus月桂樹＋-eus -eous＋-ATE¹＝月桂樹の冠で飾られた）］

lau・re・ate・shìp

[名]

behind bars

In prison, as in All murderers should be put behind bars for life. The bars here refer to the iron rods used to confine prisoners. [c. 1900]