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 […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene iv]:

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

   • a. 1887 (date written)​, Emily Dickinson, “I'm the little “Heart's Ease”!”, in Martha Dickinson Bianchi and Alfred Leete Hampson, editors, Further Poems of Emily Dickinson, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown, and Company, published 1929, page 69:

     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