safeguard, foresight, disaster-preparedness, fíreguàrd

 

Ofcom will now have patrolling powers online. In November we examined the increasing desire to force social-media platforms to safeguard users

"《時代》雜誌近日以Here's What's at Stake in Taiwan's Presidential Election為題報導台灣2020大選，顯示這是一場有風險、處於危急關頭的選舉。

該報導說，如何守護台灣民主的生活方式是這場選舉的主軸（How best to safeguard the island’s democratic way of life has dominated the election）。"

Indian City Wrapped in Blanket of Smog

By NIHARIKA MANDHANA

New Delhi, a growing metropolis of nearly 20 million people, has struggled to reconcile its rapid economic growth with environmental safeguards.

 Protecting Your Data from a New Generation of Hackers
Cyberattacks are becoming more common, and hackers are rapidly growing bolder -- but many companies and individuals still do not have strong safeguards in place to protect personal and financial information, and even a firm's trade secrets. In some cases, guarding against threats is extremely difficult, and many of the related legal questions have yet to be answered. But businesses ignore the issue at their own peril, observers from Wharton and elsewhere say.
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/3049.cfm

Hurricane Sandy and the Disaster-Preparedness Economy

By ANDREW MARTIN

Disaster-preparedness capitalism may have begun in the cold war. But it grows with every hurricane, as consumers clamor for generators, kerosene heaters, industrial fans and other products.

 

The Size of the Nobel Prize Is Being Reduced to Safeguard Long-Term Capital

 

The Limits of Safeguards and Human Foresight

By JOHN SCHWARTZ

Published: March 11, 2011

HERE’S the truly scary thing about the 8.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Honshu Island and its resulting tsunami: Japan is a country that is lauded for doing preparedness right.



foresight

[名]

1 [U]将来への配慮, 慎重さ（⇒PRUDENCE[類語]）；（…する）先見（の明）, 洞察（力）((to do))

a man of foresight
見通しのきく人.

2 [U]前方を見ること, 展望.

3 （銃の）照星.

foresighted

[形]先見の明がある；将来を見通した, 深慮がある.





safeguard 
verb [T]
to protect something from harm:
The union safeguards the interests of all its members.

safeguard 
noun [C or U]
The disk has built-in safeguards to prevent certain errors.

safeguard

[名]

1 （危険・損失などに対する）保護手段((against ...))；[U]保護；保証

an economic safeguard
経済保証

a safeguard against possible loss
起こりうる損失に対する予防策.

2 安全通行券.

3 （機械などの）安全装置.

4 護衛.

━━[動](他)〈利益などを〉守る, 保護［擁護］する

The treaty does not safeguard the country's interests.
その条約はその国の利益を擁護するものではない.

fíreguàrd[fíre・guàrd]

[名]

1 ((主に英))炉格子（((米))fire screen）.

2 ((米))（森林などの）防火地帯. ⇒FIREBREAK

3 ((米))火災監視人. ⇒FIRE WATCHER

preparedness[pre・par・ed・ness]

 

• 発音記号[pripéəridnis, -péərd-]

[名][U]

1 用意［準備, 覚悟］ができていること.

2 （…に対する）備え；即応態勢((for ...)).

Here's What's at Stake in Taiwan's Presidential Election

This photo released by Central Election Commission shows Taiwan's 2020 presidential election candidates, from left to right: President Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), People First Party's James Soong, and Han Kuo-yu of the KMT or Nationalist Party. Taiwan will hold its general elections on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020.

Central Election Commission/AP

BY CHARLIE CAMPBELL / TAIPEI 

JANUARY 6, 2020

As the only place in the Chinese-speaking world where people can choose their top political leader, it’s unsurprising that elections in Taiwan embody democracy at its unbridled messiest: febrile, rambunctious and dripping in color. This year is no different. The island of 23 million heads to the ballot box on Saturday following a campaign dominated by fake news from malevolent actors, sexist personal attacks and fist-pumping speeches.

The growing clout of Beijing looms large over the island. China’s strongman President Xi Jinping has been blunt about the need to politically reunite self-governing Taiwan with the mainland. The past four years has seen seven diplomatic allies switch to Beijing—only 15 nations still recognize the government in Taipei—and repeated threats of invasion.

How best to safeguard the island’s democratic way of life has dominated the election, which pits the anti-China incumbent President Tsai Ing-wen against the more pro-Beijing challenger Han Kuo-yu.