leisureとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音, General Australian, General South African)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈlɛʒə(ɹ)/, /ˈliːʒə(ɹ)/ (extremely old fashioned)
  • 韻: -ɛʒə(ɹ)
• (米国発音, Canada)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈliːʒəɹ/
  • 韻: -iːʒə(ɹ)
  • (まれに) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛʒəɹ/

名詞

leisure (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 leisures)

1. Freedom provided by the cessation of activities.
2. Free time, time free from work or duties.
   • (Can we date this quote by Sir W. Temple かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

     The desire of leisure is much more natural than of business and care.

   • 1811, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, chapter 11

     Little had Mrs. Dashwood or her daughters imagined when they first came into Devonshire, that so many engagements would arise to occupy their time as shortly presented themselves, or that they should have such frequent invitations and such constant visitors as to leave them little leisure for serious employment.

   • 1908, William David Ross (translator), Aristotle, Metaphysics

     This is why the mathematical arts were founded in Egypt; for there the priestly caste was allowed to be at leisure.

3. Time at one's command, free from engagement; convenient opportunity; hence, convenience; ease.
   • (Can we date this quote by Dryden かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

     He sighed, and had no leisure more to say.

関連する語

• at leisure
• leisurely

参考

• ease
• recreation

Further reading

• leisure on Wikipedia.