English Dictionary

intrigue

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɪntɹiːɡ/

動詞

自動詞 他動詞

(intransitive) To conceive or carry out a secret plan intended to harm; to form a plot or scheme. / (transitive) To arouse the interest of; to fascinate.

日本語の意味

(自動詞) 秘密の計画を企てたり遂行する、陰謀を練る行為 / (他動詞) 興味を引き、魅了する行為

Several high-ranking officials intrigue in secret to discredit the whistleblower.

数名の高官が告発者の評判を落とすために密かに陰謀を企てている。

意味（1）

(intransitive) To conceive or carry out a secret plan intended to harm; to form a plot or scheme.

意味（2）

(transitive) To arouse the interest of; to fascinate.

These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story. And, on top of all that, they are ornaments; they entice and intrigue and sometimes delight.

意味（3）

(intransitive) To have clandestine or illicit intercourse.

意味（4）

(transitive) To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate.

How doth it [sin] perplex and intrigue the whole course of your lives!

intrigues （ present singular third-person ）

intriguing （ participle present ）

intrigued （ participle past ）

intrigued （ past ）