英和和英

読み方 きんしゅ

名詞

1

（＝酒を慎むこと）abstinence from wine; temperance（は節酒）:（絶対禁酒は）total abstinence; teetotalism:（=する） to abstain from wine; to give up drinking; to take the pledge; to go dry

用例

• 自今禁酒
  I give up drinking from now on.

• 君の禁酒は永久かそれとも一時か
  Have you given up drinking for good or only for a time?
  Is your abstinence permanent or temporary?
• 医者に禁酒を命ぜられた
  I have been ordered to abstain from wine
  My doctor has forbidden me to drink.
• 禁酒に誓う
  to swear off drinking―sign the pledge―take the pledge
• 禁酒の誓い
  a temperance pledge
• 禁酒会
  a temperance society
• 禁酒会員
  a temperance man
• 禁酒家
  a teetotaller
• 彼は禁酒主義だ
  He abstains from wine on principle―He is a teetotaller―a total abstainer.
• 絶対禁酒主義
  the total abstinence principle―the teetotal principle―teetotalism
• 絶対禁酒家
  a teetotalist

2

（＝酒を禁ずること）prohibition of wine:（=する） to prohibit the use of strong drink

用例

• （米国の）禁酒州
  a prohibition state―a dry state

• 禁酒都市
  a dry town
• 米国は禁酒を励行した
  The United States has enforced prohibition of strong drink
  The Americans are going dry.
• 禁酒法
  the Prohibition Law

読み方 きんしゅ

名詞

A capitalist; a financier; a financial supporter

用例

• 事業の金主になる
  to become the capitalist for an enterprise―finance a scheme―financier a scheme

• 事業の金主は三井家だ
  The enterprise is financed―financiered―financially supported―by the Mitsuis.
• 彼には安田という金主がついている
  He has a financial supporter in the person of the Yasudas.