英和和英

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名詞

1

（＝前者と後者）former and latter; first and last:（=して） one after the other

用例

• 二人は前後して入って来た
  They came in one after the other.

• 両事件は前後して起こった
  The two events happened one after the other.
• 言葉の前後
  the context
• 前後関係から意味を取る
  to judge the meaning by the context―infer the meaning from the context
• 彼の行動は前後照応している
  His actions are self-consistent.
• 前後照応しない
  His actions are inconsistent.
• 君の言うことは前後撞着している
  Your statements are self-contradictory.

2

（＝順序）order; sequence:（=する） to be inverted; to be reversed

用例

• 前後顛倒している
  The order is inverted
  The order is reversed
  That's putting the cart before the horse.

• 話が前後しました
  I have got confused in my talk―got mixed up.
• 話がちと前後したが要するにこういうわけさ
  I have got rather mixed up, but, in short, what I mean is this.
• 彼の話は前後して少しもわからぬ
  His ideas are confused.
• 話は前後するがその人はどうなったのか
  To return to our former subject, what has become of the man?

3

（＝身のまわり）one's surroundings

用例

• 前後不覚
  to be insensible to one's surroundings―unconscious

• 前後不覚に泣きまろぶ
  She abandoned herself to a paroxysm of grief.
• 前後を忘却する
  to forget one's surroundings―forget oneself
• 酔って前後を忘却している
  He is dead drunk.
• 嬉しくて（悲しくて）前後を忘却している
  He is beside himself with joy―beside himself with sorrow.
• 前後を忘却して考え込んでいる
  He is in a brown study.
• 前後を忘却して眺めていた
  He was gazing on the scene with rapture―He was rapt in wonder―lost in admiration.
• 前後を忘却して音楽を聴いていた
  He listened to the music with rapt attention.
• 子どもらは前後を忘却して遊んでいる
  The children are absorbed in play.

4

（＝行動の結果、こうすればどうなるということ）the consequences of one's action

用例

• 前後を顧みる
  to reflect on the consequences of one's actions

• 若い時は前後を顧みない
  Young men do not reflect on the consequences of their actions.
• 前後を顧みずありたけ使ってしまった
  I spent all I had without reflecting on the consequences―reckless of the consequences.
• 前後を顧みず本分を尽せ
  Do your duty, irrespective of the consequences.
• 前後を顧みるいとまが無かった
  There was no time to reflect on the consequences.

副詞、前置詞相当語句

1

［時］Before and after; before or after; before or since; first and last

用例

• 暴風雨の前後のように静かだ
  It is calm as before and after a storm.

• 彼の死んだのはその事件の前後であった
  He died before or after the event.
• 学校はその頃は前後に無い繁昌であった
  The school was them more flourishing than ever before or since.
• 彼とは前後通じて十年の知己だ
  I have known him, first and last, for ten years.
• 彼は前後十二時間人事不省に陥っていた
  He was unconscious, first and last, for twelve hours.

2

［位置］Before and behind; in front and in the rear

用例

• 御馬車の前後を騎兵が護衛する
  The Imperial carriage is escorted by cavalry before and behind.

• 前後に敵を受けた
  We were attacked in front and in the rear.
• 前後左右を見まわす
  to look around one
• 船が前後左右に揺れる
  A ship pitches and rolls.

3

［程度］About

用例

• 四十前後の男だ
  He is a man of about forty.

• うちへ帰ったのは十二時前後であった
  I got home about twelve.
• 千円前後かかる
  It costs about a thousand yen―some thousand yen―a thousand yen or thereabouts.