英和和英

読み方 きたす

他動詞

To cause （a disaster）; to occasion （a calamity）; to work （a change）; to bring about （a result）; to produce （a result）; to lead to （some result）; to result in （a failure）; to end in （a failure）; to give rise to （evil）

用例

• 不注意の結果災難をきたした
  Carelessness caused the calamity―occasioned the disaster.

• 失敗をきたした原因は何か
  What caused the failure?
  What was the cause of the failure?
• 戦争がどういう結果をきたすかと思って心配しておった
  I was anxious as to what result the war would produce―lead to―bring about.
• 戦争が好結果をきたした
  The war has produced good results
  The war has been productive of good results.
• 意外な結果をきたした
  The war has led to unexpected results―brought about strange results.
• 人選のことから内部に不和をきたした
  The choice of men gave rise to friction―led to friction―among the members.
• これらの事情は彼の人格に一大変化をきたした
  These circumstances worked a great change in his character.
• 計画は一頓座をきたした
  The plan met with a check―sustained a check.
• 戦争が始まると株屋が恐慌をきたした
  The stock-jobbers were seized with a panic at the outbreak of war―（他動詞構文にすれば）―The outbreak of war threw the stock-jobbers into a panic.
• 英国今日の盛運をきたしたものは鉄と石炭である
  Coal and iron have made England what she is.