English Dictionary

leave for dead

動詞

他動詞 広義 比喩的用法

(transitive) To abandon a person or other living creature that is injured or otherwise incapacitated, assuming that the death of the one abandoned will soon follow.

日本語の意味

（負傷や無力状態にある人・生き物を）死んだものと見なして、救助せずに見捨てること、またはそうする行為

Despite the darkness and danger, the team refused to leave for dead the wounded climber they had spotted on the ridge.

暗闇と危険にもかかわらず、そのチームは稜線で見つけた負傷した登山者を見捨てて死なせることを拒んだ。

意味（1）

(transitive) To abandon a person or other living creature that is injured or otherwise incapacitated, assuming that the death of the one abandoned will soon follow.

He stood in the middle of a narrow part of the road, stopped the horse, and struck Fyot with a heavy cudgel, leaving him for dead in the ditch.

意味（2）

(figuratively, by extension, transitive) To disregard or bypass as unimportant.

However, the hosts hit back and hit back hard, first replacement hooker Andrew Hore sliding over, then Williams careering out of his own half and leaving several defenders for dead before flipping the ball to Nonu to finish off a scintillating move.

leaves for dead （ present singular third-person ）

leaving for dead （ participle present ）

left for dead （ participle past ）

left for dead （ past ）