英和和英

読み方 ようりょう

名詞

Capacity; content

読み方 ようりょう

名詞

The point （of a matter）; the substance, the sum and substance （of a matter）; the gist, the pith （of a matter）

用例

• これが事の要領である
  This is the substance of the matter―the gist of the matter―the pith of the matter―the sum and substance of the matter.

• 要領を得る
  to gain one's end―touch bottom―touch ground
• もう要領を得た（目的を達した）
  I have gained my end.
• まだ要領を得ない（目的を達しない）
  I am not there yet.
• 調査が要領を得た（確かな事実に触れた）
  The inquiry has touched bottom.
• 談判が要領を得た（目鼻が付いた）
  The negotiations have touched ground.
• 会議は要領を得ずにおわった
  The conference led to no result―led to no end―led nowhere.
• 要領を得ている
  to be to the point―relevant―pertinent
• 要領を得ない
  to be nothing to the purpose―beside the purpose―beside the mark―irrelevant―impertinent
• あの人の言うことは要領を得ている
  He speaks to the point.
• 要領を得ないことばかり言っている
  He says nothing to the purpose
  He speaks beside the purpose.
• 彼の説明は実に要領を得ている（かゆいところへ手が届くようだ）
  His explanations are quite to the point.
• 簡にして要領を得ている
  It is brief and to the point.
• 彼の演説は簡単にして要領を得ている
  His speech was brief and to the point.
• 要領を得た演説だ
  It was a speech of pith and point.
• 要領を得ないことを言うならむしろ何も言わない方が好い
  Better say nothing than nothing to the purpose.
• あんな要領を得ない演説をするならかえって止した方がよかった
  He spoke so little to the purpose that he had better have left it undone.
• 彼の演説は要領を得たようで得ない
  His speech was point no point.
• 先方の回答はさらに要領を得ない
  His answer is nothing to the purpose.
• 少々要領をえない
  It is not quite to the purpose.
• 彼は要領を得ない返事ばかりする人だ
  He will answer beside the purpose―answer beside the mark―give irrelevant answers―give impertinent answers―give evasive answers.
• 質問をしても要領を得ない
  I am not satisfied.
• 君の言うことはいっこう要領を得ない
  I can make nothing of what you say
  I don't know what to make of your statement
  I can't make head or tail of what you say.
• 要領を得ない男だ
  I can make nothing of him
  He is incomprehensible
  He is a nondescript.
• 実に要領を得た（徹底した）男だ
  He is a through-going man
  There is no halfness about him.
• あの人は要領を得ない中に要領を得ている
  Want of character is his character.