英语词汇mokusatsu的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

mokusatsu. If the Japanese word mokusatsu hadn’t been mis- interpreted, World War II might have ended sooner, atomic power might never have been used in warfare, and tens of thousands of lives might have been saved. Mokusatsu has two meanings: (1) to ignore, and (2) to refrain from comment. As historian Stuart Chase has written, “The release of a press state- ment using the second meaning in July 1945 might have ended the war then. The Emperor was ready to end it, and had the power to do so. The cabinet was preparing to accede to the Potsdam ultimatum of the Allies—surrender or be crushed— but wanted a little more time to discuss the terms. A press re- lease was prepared announcing a policy of mokusatsu, with the ‘no comment’ implication. But it got on the foreign wires with the ‘ignore’ implication through a mix-up in translation: ‘The cabinet ignores the demand to surrender.’ To recall the release would have entailed an unthinkable loss of face. Had the in- tended meaning been publicized, the cabinet might have backed up the Emperor’s decision to surrender.” Instead, there came Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

词汇	mokusatsu
词源	mokusatsu. If the Japanese word mokusatsu hadn’t been mis- interpreted, World War II might have ended sooner, atomic power might never have been used in warfare, and tens of thousands of lives might have been saved. Mokusatsu has two meanings: (1) to ignore, and (2) to refrain from comment. As historian Stuart Chase has written, “The release of a press state- ment using the second meaning in July 1945 might have ended the war then. The Emperor was ready to end it, and had the power to do so. The cabinet was preparing to accede to the Potsdam ultimatum of the Allies—surrender or be crushed— but wanted a little more time to discuss the terms. A press re- lease was prepared announcing a policy of mokusatsu, with the ‘no comment’ implication. But it got on the foreign wires with the ‘ignore’ implication through a mix-up in translation: ‘The cabinet ignores the demand to surrender.’ To recall the release would have entailed an unthinkable loss of face. Had the in- tended meaning been publicized, the cabinet might have backed up the Emperor’s decision to surrender.” Instead, there came Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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