English Dictionary

voice in the wilderness

名詞

慣用表現 稀用

(idiomatic) A person, publication, or other source of assertions that expresses an opinion, doctrine, or point of view which is ignored or rejected by almost all others; the actual utterance of an unpopular opinion, doctrine, or point of view.

日本語の意味

ほとんどの人に無視されたり拒絶されたりする意見や主義を主張する人、出版物、またはその他の情報源としての存在 / 孤立した立場から、あまり支持されない意見や考えを表明する行為またはそれをなす存在

Despite repeated warnings about the riverbank's erosion, his reports were treated as a voice in the wilderness.

度重なる河岸侵食の警告にもかかわらず、彼の報告は誰にも相手にされない孤立した声のように扱われた。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) A person, publication, or other source of assertions that expresses an opinion, doctrine, or point of view which is ignored or rejected by almost all others; the actual utterance of an unpopular opinion, doctrine, or point of view.

Eysenck (1952) was just beginning to seriously question the validity of dynamically oriented therapy, but he was a lone voice in the wilderness at that time. Not until the sixties did opposing points of view . . . begin to gain prominence.

意味（2）

(idiomatic, rare) An influential religious personage, especially one who makes prophetic utterances.

I don't know, said Anne. He gathers together a little flock of all denominations, who only care to hear the word. Such a voice in the wilderness as often does good service, said Julius.

voices in the wilderness （ plural ）