carpe diemとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• carpe the diem (humorous)

語源

Learned borrowing from Latin carpe diem (“enjoy the day”, literally “pluck (or harvest) the day”).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˌkɑː.piː ˈdaɪ.ɛm/, IPA: /ˌkɑː.peɪ ˈdiː.əm/
• IPA: (米国発音) /ˌkɑɹ.pi ˈdaɪ.ɛm/, /ˌkɑɹ.peɪ ˈdi.əm/

ことわざ

carpe diem

1. Enjoy the present, make the most of today, (common mistranslation) seize the day.

   Synonyms: gather rosebuds, take the cash and let the credit go

   • 1905, G. K. Chesterton, Heretics‎, New York: John Lane, →OL:

     It is the carpe diem religion; but the carpe diem religion is not the religion of happy people, but of very unhappy people.

   • 2007 July 30, Lee Harris, “Can Carpe Diem Societies Survive?”, in The Suicide of Reason: Radical Islam's Threat to the West, New York: Basic Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OL, page 241:

     Indeed, in an extreme carpe diem society, children are raised without being given any sense that they have a transgenerational duty to the as yet unborn— the duty to leave them a better world.

   • 2011 January 29, “Rollercoaster: The Musical!” (“Carpe Diem” (song)), in Phineas and Ferb, season 2, episode 38:

     Just grab those opportunities when you see 'em / Cause every day's a brand new day, you gotta carpe diem

参考

• opportunity seldom knocks twice
• take the bull by the horns
• the world is one's oyster
• YOLO
• Category:Carpe diem on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

参照

アナグラム

• creampied, impearced

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [ˈkar.pɛ ˈdi.ẽː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ˈkar.pe ˈdiː.em]

成句

carpe diem

1. carpe diem, enjoy the day; (common mistranslation) seize the day