英和和英

読み方 しゅい

名詞

1

（＝意味）meaning; sense; import; purport; effect

用例

• 君の言うことの趣意がわからぬ
  I can't make out what you mean
  I can't see what you are driving at
  I can't make any sense of what you say.

• 彼が言ったことはどういう趣意か
  What was the import of his statement?
  What was the purport of his speech?
  To what effect did he speak?
• 彼が言ったことはなんでもこんな趣意だった
  What he said was to this effect
  He said something to this effect.
• 彼の言ったのはなんでも文法廃すべしというような趣意であった
  He said something to the effect that grammar should be done away with.
• いま一人の言ったことも同じような趣意だった
  The other man spoke to the same effect.
• 彼は僕の処へもそういう趣意の手紙を寄越した
  He has written me to that effect.

2

（＝大意）purport; drift; tenor; gist; substance

用例

• それが僕の言ったことのだいたいの主意だ
  That is the general drift of―the substance of―what I said.

• 彼の演説の主意はだいたいどんなことを言ったか
  What was the general drift of his speech?―the purport of his speech?―the gist of his speech?
• その議論の主意だけを簡単に述べよう
  I will briefly state the tenor of the argument―the gist of the argument―the substance of the argument.
• 講義の主意を書き取る
  to take a précis of a lecture

3

（＝目的、動機）an aim; an object; a motive

用例

• いったいどういう趣意でそんなことをしたのか
  By what motive were you actuated?
  What induced you to do such a thing?

• もとの趣意を没却せぬようにせよ
  See that you do not lose sight of your original object.
• （新事業などの）趣意書
  a prospectus

4

（＝意見）an opinion; a sentiment

用例

• 趣意を賛して乾盃する
  to give a toast in honour of the sentiment

• 趣意だけは立った（意見が通った）
  I have carried my point.
• 趣意が立ったらそれでよいじゃないか
  If you have carried your point, what more would you have?

5

（＝筋、論法）logic

用例

• 彼の言うことは趣意が立っている
  What he says is logical
  He argues with logic.

• 君の議論は趣意が立たぬ
  Your argument is illogical.