argueとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.ɡjuː/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹ.ɡju/
• 韻: -ɑː(ɹ)ɡju

動詞

argue (三人称単数 現在形 argues, 現在分詞 arguing, 過去形および過去分詞形 argued)

1. To show grounds for concluding (that); to indicate, imply.
   • 1910, Saki [pseudonym; Hector Hugh Munro], “The Soul of Laploshka”, in Reginald in Russia and Other Sketches, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, page 69:

     To have killed Laploshka was one thing; to have kept his beloved money would have argued a callousness of feeling of which I was not capable.

2. (intransitive) To debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints.

   He also argued for stronger methods to be used against China.

   He argued as follows: America should stop Lend-Lease convoying, because it needs to fortify its own Army with the supplies.

   The two boys argued over a disagreement about the science project.

   • 2022 October 28, Charles Hugh Smith, What Does Liberation Mean in the Real World?‎^[1]:

     There is no arguing with true believers in any ideology or arrangement in which the self-interest of those in power is the organizing principle of the system.

3. (intransitive) To have an argument, a quarrel.
4. (transitive) To present (a viewpoint または an argument therefor).
   • 2018, Kristin Lawless, Formerly known as food, →ISBN, page 192:

     Food manufacturers would argue that food additives and chemical-laden packaging extend shelf life, keep food production costs down, and enhance flavors; chemical manufacturers would argue that their various pesticides and herbicides protect crops and help farmers.

   He argued his point.

   He argued that America should stop Lend-Lease convoying because it needed to fortify its own Army with the supplies.

5. (obsolete, transitive) To prove.
6. (obsolete, transitive) To accuse.

派生語

関連する語

• argument
• argumentative
• argumentation

Further reading

• “argue”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “argue”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

アナグラム

• Auger, Gauer, Graue, auger, augre, rugae

Latin

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ɡu.e/, [ˈärɡuɛ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ɡu.e/, [ˈärɡue]

動詞

argue

1. second-person singular present active imperative of arguō