resoluteとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛ.zəˌl(j)uːt/, /ˌɹɛ.zəˈl(j)uːt/
• 韻: -uːt

形容詞

resolute (comparative more resolute, superlative most resolute)

1. Firm, unyielding, determined.

   She was resolute in her determination to resist his romantic advances.

   He was resolute in his decision to stay.

   • c. 1591–1592, William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene iv]:

     Edward is at hand, / Ready to fight; therefore be resolute.

   • (Can we date this quote?), Emily Dickinson, ‘I’m the little “Heart’s Ease”!’ (poem):

     If the Coward Bumble Bee / In his chimney corner stay, / I, must resoluter be!

   • 2011 April 10, Alistair Magowan, “Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Villa had plenty of opportunities to make the game safe after a shaky start and despite not reaching any great heights, they were resolute enough to take control of the game in the second half.

2. (obsolete) Convinced; satisfied; sure.

使用する際の注意点

• The one-word comparative form resoluter and superlative form resolutest are both well attested, though not as common as the two-word forms “more resolute” and “most resolute”.

同意語

• See also Thesaurus:obstinate

反意語

• irresolute

派生語

• resolutely
• resoluteness

関連する語

名詞

resolute (複数形 resolutes)

1. A determined person; one showing resolution.

アナグラム

• retousle

Latin

Participle

resolūte

1. vocative masculine singular of resolūtus

参照

• resolute in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• resolute in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• resolute in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette