検索結果- 英語 - 多言語
検索内容:
pass one's word
( present singular third-person )
( participle present )
( participle past )
( past )
ten-dollar word
(US, idiomatic) A long and uncommon word used in place of a shorter and simpler one with the intent to appear sophisticated.
洗練された印象を与えるために、短く簡単な単語の代わりに用いられる、長くて珍しい単語。 / (皮肉を込めて)必要以上に堅苦しく冗長な表現を好む場合に使われる表現。
keep one's word
Do what one has said one will do.
約束を守る、言ったことを実行すること
( present singular third-person )
( participle present )
( participle past )
( past )
true to one's word
give one's word
( present singular third-person )
( participle present )
( past )
( participle past )
break one's word
( present singular third-person )
( participle present )
( past )
( participle past )
take someone at their word
(transitive) To take someone literally even though they may not have been serious; to take someone seriously even though they were joking; to take up a challenge that was initially meant as a joke.
相手の発言をそのままの意味で受け取り、冗談や軽い言葉でも真剣だと捉えること / 冗談を言っていたとしても、言葉どおりに、それを本気と信じること
( present singular third-person )
( participle present )
( past )
( participle past )
Humpty Dumpty word
A word of no fixed meaning, used for different things by different people.
定義が固定されておらず、利用する人や文脈により異なる側面を持つ語 / 特定の意味が決まっておらず、多義的に用いられる言葉 / 状況や個々の解釈により、さまざまな意味が与えられる不確定な語彙