英和和英

読み方 そえる

他動詞

To add, attach, annex, append, give, lend, impart （one thing to another）; to accompany （one thing with another）

用例

• 食物に味を添える
  to give a flavour―give a relish―add a zest―impart a gusto―to food

• 興味を添える
  to add a zest to anything
• 太夫のこっけいが芸に興味を添える
  The humour of the performer adds a zest to the performance.
• 彼は興味を添えて話をする
  He tells the story with unction.
• 彼はこの言葉に新しい意味を添えて使う
  He attaches a new meaning to the word.
• 活気を添える
  to give life to anything
• 彼が加盟したために事業に活気を添えた
  His accession gave life to the enterprise.
• 人に力を添える
  to lend one assistance
• 手紙を添える
  （人になら）to furnish one with a letter of introduction―（物品になら）―accompany the goods with a letter―（手紙になら）―send a letter under a covering letter
• 願書に履歴書を添えて差し出すべし
  The application should be presented together with the dossier.
• 私儀病気に付医師の診断書相添へ此段御届申上候
  I beg to report my illness, and herewith submit a medical certificate.
• 元金に利子相添へ御送付致候
  I return you the loan, principal and interest.
• 錦上花を添える
  to adorn perfection itself
• 得意なしゃれなどを引張り出して蛇足を添える、馬角を添える
  to drag in a favourite joke by the head and shoulder―lug a favourite topic into the discourse
• 惚れた人には無い徳を添えて見るものだ
  One will invest the object of one's love with virtues not her own―endue the object of one's affection with imaginary qualities.
• 彼の筆は歴史に小説の如き趣味を添える
  His style invests history with the charm of fiction.