英和和英

読み方 りせい

名詞

Reason:（=の） reasonable; rational

用例

• 人は理性を有す
  Man is endowed with reason
  Man is a reasonable being
  Man is a rational creature.

• 理性を失う（発狂する）
  to lose one's reason
• 彼は理性を失っている（発狂している）
  He is bereft of reason
  He has lost his wits.
• 彼は理性を回復した（真人間になった）
  He is restored to reason.
• 彼は理性を失いはせぬかと思った（発狂を気遣った）
  I feared for his reason.
• 理性をもって情熱を制す
  Reason should control the passions
  The passions should be under the control of reason.
• 理性に従う
  to follow the dictates of reason―obey the dictates of reason
• 理性に訴える
  to appeal to reason―consult the dictates of reason
• 君の理性に訴えればわかることだ
  Your reason will tell you.