From the headline of this article at Open Democracy.
上記の文で、writ large の意味は?
In the sentence above, what does "writ large" mean?
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解答
意味:英辞郎によると、
特筆された、はっきり示された、大規模になお、writは、writtenの古語。また、largeと同様にwrit large, write larger, writ largestのように比較級があります。さらに反意語としてwrit smallという言い方もできます。
Answer
According to Cambridge Dictionary:If one thing is another thing writ large, it is similar to it but larger or more obvious
Etymology/語源
Wiktionaryによると、writ (writtenの古語)+largeから。「国家」において、プラトンは国家(都市国家)が個人のようであるけれど、より大きく研究するのが容易であると説明したことから。
According to Wiktionary:
From writ (“written”) + large; a reference to Plato’s Republic, wherein he describes the state (like the city-state) as being like the individual, but larger and easier to examine
Examples
- Hollywood is often said to be American society writ large.
- The new blockbuster is really just a simple oldstory writ large.
- Come election season, we see all our national concerns writ large.
- Voters fear the future, which looks to them like the present writ large: more concern about crime, more economicpressure on their families, more of that unnerving sound of something eating away at the edges of their lives.
- The party’s new philosophies are littlemore than their old beliefs writ large.
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