English Dictionary

go off the reservation

動詞

軽蔑的 直訳 アメリカ英語 広義

(literally, derogatory) To leave an Indian reservation to which one was restricted. / (US, politics) To break with one's party or group, usually temporarily.

日本語の意味

（字義通り、侮蔑的に）制限された保留地、特にインディアン保留地から離れることを意味する。 / （米国政治の文脈で）自分が所属する政党やグループから一時的に離脱することを意味する。

Despite warnings, some tribe members chose to go off the reservation to trade goods in the nearby town.

警告にもかかわらず、何人かの部族員は近くの町で商品を売買するためにインディアン保留地を離れることを選んだ。

意味（1）

(literally, derogatory) To leave an Indian reservation to which one was restricted.

The Indian may go off the reservation, he can steal from the whites and run back to the reservation with impunity.

意味（2）

(US, politics) To break with one's party or group, usually temporarily.

This hand was ready to give the works to any physician, a member of the Medical Association in good standing, who'd go off the reservation by daring to serve a medical co-operative on a full-time salary.

意味（3）

(by extension) To engage in disruptive activity outside normal bounds.

When the Russians do go off the reservation, as they did early in April 1965, their object is not to challenge the Western allies of yesteryear, the United States, Britain, and France, but to impress upon West Germany their support for East Germany and its claim to West Berlin.

goes off the reservation （ present singular third-person ）

going off the reservation （ participle present ）

went off the reservation （ past ）

gone off the reservation （ participle past ）