From the headline of this article at CNN.com.
上記の文で、check の意味は?
In the sentence above, what does "check" mean?
答えは、コメントに書いてください。
Write your answer in the Comments.
明日、ここに答えを書きます。
I will add the answer and other remarks here tomorrow.
解答
意味:checkには、多くの定義があるので、解釈によってこの見出しに当てはまるものがいくつかありすが、この英辞郎の訳が一番適切ではないかと思います。
〔感情などの表出を〕抑える、こらえる
Answer
There are a lot of definitions for the word check, so there might be room for interpretation, but I think that this definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary is the best for this instance:to restrain or diminish the action or force of
Etymology/語源
Online Etymology Dictionaryによると、「阻む、止める」からくる「抑える、我慢する」という意味は1620年代から
According to Online Etymology Dictionary:
"To arrest, stop," then "to hold in restraint" (1620s)
Examples
- tried to thwart or check our purposes in the legislature
- "She had held her inclinations in check with severe judgment." Ester Ried Yet Speaking Isabella Alden
- "He seemed to make a strong effort to check some sudden impulse." Philothea Lydia Maria Child
- They have begun to vaccinate children in an attempt to check the spread of the disease.
- he learned to check his excitement’
No comments:
Post a Comment