English Dictionary

pretermit

IPA（発音記号）

/ˌpɹiːtə(ɹ)ˈmɪt/

動詞

To intentionally disregard something, allow it to go unnoticed, or change the subject in response to someone's comment; to omit or fail to carry out something; to prematurely terminate or interrupt something.

日本語の意味

意図的に無視する、または見過ごす / 相手の発言に対し、話題を変える / 物事を省略する、または実行しない / 何かを早々に終了させる、または中断する

When she mentioned his mistake, he chose to pretermit the comment and steer the conversation toward the upcoming project.

彼女が彼のミスに触れたとき、彼はその発言をあえて受け流し、会話を今後のプロジェクトの話題に向けた。

意味（1）

To intentionally disregard something, allow it to go unnoticed, or change the subject in response to someone's comment; to omit or fail to carry out something; to prematurely terminate or interrupt something.

The liberty of a subject lieth, therefore, only in those things which, in regulating their actions, the sovereign hath praetermitted (such as is the liberty to buy, and sell, and otherwise contract with one another; to choose their own abode, their own diet, their own trade of life, and institute their children as they themselves think fit; and the like).

pretermits （ present singular third-person ）

pretermitting （ participle present ）

pretermitted （ participle past ）

pretermitted （ past ）