英和和英

読み方 つげる

他動詞

1

（＝知らせる）to tell （one that or of）; inform （one that or of）; to signify （one's intention）; to intimate （one's wish to one）

用例

• 君の来たことを皆に告げた
  I have told them that you have come―told them of your arrival―informed them of your arrival.

• 主人に来意を告げた
  I informed the master of the object of my visit―told the master why I had called.
• 彼は出発の意を告げた
  He signified his intention of leaving.
• 彼は去りたいという意を僕に告げた
  He intimated to me a wish to leave.
• 実を告げる
  to tell the truth
• 時計は時間を告げる
  The clock tells the hour.

2

（＝公示する）to announce; to proclaim

用例

• 之を天下に告げん
  I will announce it to the world―proclaim it from the housetop.

• 会員諸君に告ぐ
  The members of the society are hereby informed that...
• 鶏鳴暁を告ぐ
  The cock's crow proclaims the hour of dawn.

3

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用例

• 別れを告ぐ
  to bid one farewell―say good-by―take one's leave

• 終りを告ぐ、完結を告ぐ、終結を告ぐ
  to come to an end―come to a termination―come to a conclusion
• 集会は終りを告げた
  The meeting has come to an end.
• 事業は完結を告げた
  The work has come to a conclusion.
• 食料不足を告ぐ
  The provisions have come short
  We have come short of provisions.