英和和英

読み方 やたらに

副詞

1

（＝無闇に）immoderately; inordinately; madly; to excess; like fury; like thunder; like hell; like blazes; like the devil; like anything

用例

• 彼はやたらに子どもを可愛がる
  He is immoderately fond of his children
  He is inordinately fond of his children
  He dotes upon his children.

• そうやたらに急ぐことはない
  There is no occasion for such mad haste.
• 彼はやたらに食い、やたらに飲む
  He eats to excess―drinks to excess―commits excesses.
• 女が男にやたらに惚れている
  She loves him to distraction.
• 彼はやたらに勉強する
  He works like fury―like thunder―like hell―like blazes―like the devil―like anything.
• やたらに本を読む
  He devours books.

2

（＝無差別に）indiscriminately; promiscuously

用例

• （彼は善いのも悪いのもかまわずに）やたらに本を読む
  He is an indiscriminate reader.

• そうやたらに人を入れては困る
  You must not admit people so indiscriminately.
• 彼はやたらに女に手を付ける
  He indulges in promiscuous intercourse with women.
• 彼はやたらに人を賞める
  He lavishes praise on everybody
  He is lavish of his praise.
• やたらに人をけなす
  He condemns people in the gross.
• やたらに人を信用する
  He will trust everybody.
• やたらに人を疑う
  He suspects everybody.
• 彼はやたらに人と交際しない
  He is choice of his company.

3

（＝軽率に）rashly; recklessly

用例

• やたらに約束するものでない
  You should not make rash promises.

• 彼はやたらに本を書く
  He is a reckless writer.
• 彼は人の言うことをやたらに信ずる
  He is too ready to believe―too credulous.
• 彼はやたらに口を利かない
  He is choice of his words.

4

（＝当てどなく）at random; at hazard

• 敵は暗闇にやたらに発砲した
  The enemy fired at random in the dark.