英和和英

読み方 あてる

他動詞

1

（＝何に用いる）to put （money to some use）; to apply, devote （a sum to some purpose）; to appropriate （a fund to or for some purpose）; to allot （land to or for some purpose）; to set aside （a sum for some purpose）

用例

• この金は不時の用にあてるのだ
  The money will be put to emergent uses.

• この金は慈善事業にあててある
  The money will be applied to charitable works
  The fund is appropriated to charitable purposes.
• この金は子どもの教育費にあてるのだ
  The money will be devoted to the education of the children
  The money is set aside for the education of the children.
• 日曜は読書にあてている
  I devote my Sundays to reading.
• 学校設立にあてた資金
  a fund appropriated for the establishment of a school
• 校舎建築にあてた地所
  a plot allotted for a school

2

（＝割り当てる）to assign （a part or a task to each）; to allot, apportion （a share to each）

読み方 あてる

他動詞

To address （a letter to some one）; to direct （a parcel to some one）; to consign （goods to a firm）; to draw （a bill） in favour of （some one）

用例

• 手紙は誰へ宛て出せばよいのか
  To whom shall I address the letter?

• 為替は君に宛て振り出した
  I have drawn the cheque in your favour.

読み方 あてる

他動詞

1

（＝命中する）to hit （the mark）

用例

• 星にあてる
  to hit the bull's-eye

• 的に当てる、あて損なう
  to hit the mark―miss the mark

2

（＝あてがう）to put （one thing to or on or over another）; to apply （one thing to another）

用例

• 胸に手を当てて（考える）
  to apply one's hand to one's breast （or bosom）

• 口に手を当てる（口をふさぐ）
  to put one's hand over one's mouth
• 耳に手を当てる（耳をふさぐ）
  to put one's hands over one's ears
• 唇に指を当てる（黙れの合図）
  to put a finger on one's lips
• 受話器を耳に当てる
  to hold the receiver to one's ear
• 孔へ耳を当てる
  to put the ear to a hole
• 額に手を当てる
  （熱を見るためなら）to lay one's hand on the forehead―（考えるためなら）―touch one's forehead with a finger
• 笛に口を当てる
  to put one's mouth to a flute
• つぎを当てる
  to put a patch on a coat
• 物差を当てる
  to apply a measure to an object
• 規則を当てる
  to apply a rule to a case

3

（＝ぶっつける）to strike （one thing with or against another）; to hit （one thing with another）

用例

• 窓に球を当てる
  to hit the window with a ball

• 杖を振って窓に当てる
  to strike one's stick against the window―strike the window with one's stick
• 木材を壁に当てるな
  Do not strike the timber against the wall.
• 道具をドタンバタンと方々へ当てる
  to bang things about

4

（＝晒す）to expose （anything to some influence）; to subject （anything to heat, etc.）

用例

• 日にあてる
  to expose anything to the sun

• 顔を日にあてる
  to expose one's face to the sun
• 身体を日にあてる
  to expose oneself to the sun
• 板を日にあてると反る
  A board warps if it is exposed to the sun―through exposure to the sun―（他動詞構文にすれば）―Exposure to the sun warps a board.
• 雨に当てる
  to expose anything to the rain
• 着物を雨にあてて濡らした
  My clothes are wet by exposure to the rain
  My clothes are wet with the rain.
• 木材を雨にあてて腐らした
  The timbers are rotten through exposure to the rain.
• 風にあてる
  to expose anything to the wind
• 風にあてると着物が乾く
  Your clothes will dry in the wind―be dried by the wind―（他動詞構文にすれば）―The wind will dry your clothes.
• 荒い風にもあてないように
  to keep any one like the apple of one's eye
• 夜露にあてる
  to expose anything to the night-dew
• 火にあてる
  to expose anything to fire―subject anything to fire
• 火にあてると匂いが抜ける
  Hold it over the fire,―Show it the fire,―and the smell will go off.

5

（＝臆測する）to guess; to conjecture; to surmise

用例

• 何だか当ててご覧
  Guess what it is.

• （どうなるか）当ててご覧
  It is for you to guess.
• 当てたね
  You have guessed right―guessed it―hit it―hit right―hit the nail on the head―You are right in your conjectures.
• うまく当てた
  You have made a lucky guess―made a good guess―made a good hit―made a good shot.
• 当たるか当たらないか当ててみよう
  I will guess at it.
• 当て損なう
  to guess wrong

6

（＝成功する）to succeed; to make a success of it; to make a hit

用例

• 山を当てる
  to succeed in speculation―make a hit in speculation

• 彼は今度は当てた
  He has made a lucky hit―made a good hit―made a good deal.
• 彼は相場を当てて身代をこしらえた
  He has made a fortune by lucky speculation.

7

〈その他〉

用例

• 先生が僕に問を当てた
  My teacher put a question to me.

• 先生は順番でなく当てる
  Our teacher calls upon us in random order.
• 罰則に当てる
  to punish a culprit according to the penal regulations
• 刑に当てる
  to sentence a criminal to a penalty
• 選び当てる
  to make a good choice―pitch upon the right person or thing
• （鉱脈などを）掘り当てる
  to strike the lode
• うまく掘り当てる
  to strike it rich
• 割り当てる
  （役目などなら）to assign a part to each―（分け前などなら）―allot a share to each
• 目も当てられぬもの
  a hideous object
• 震災の跡は目も当てられぬ
  The scene of the seismic disaster is a gruesome sight.