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読み方 じんぶつ

名詞

1

（＝人柄）a man; a personality:（歴史などの人物）a figure:（変わった人物）a character

用例

• あれはどんな人物か
  What sort of a man is he?
  What is he like?

• 好さそうな人物だ
  He is a good sort of a man―a decent sort of a chap.
• 明治時代の人物
  the great figures of the Meiji era
• あれはちょいと変わった人物だ
  He is an eccentric man―quite a character.
• 確かに一種の人物だ
  He is quite a character in his way.
• あの少年は将来大人物になる
  He has in him the making of a great man.
• 立派な人物だ
  He is a worthy man―a man of worth.
• 千人に一人という人物だ
  He is a man in a thousand.
• 新人物
  new men
• 実に困った人物だ
  He is a good-for-nothing―a ne'er-do-well.
• あやしい人物だ
  He is a suspicious character.
• ありゃ注意人物だ
  He is a dangerous character―a marked man―a suspect―a crook.
• 彼は警察の注意人物になっている
  He has fallen under the eye of the police.
• 人物を描く
  to paint a human figure―paint a portrait―（言葉でならば）―delineate a character
• 人物画家
  a portrait-painter

2

（＝好くでき上がった人間）a well-made man; a finished man; a great man

用例

• あれは人物だ
  He is a finished man.

• なかなかの人物だ
  He is very much of a man.
• あの人は容貌が好いから人物に見られる
  His fine personal appearance makes people take him for a great man.

3

（＝人材）an able man; a talented man

用例

• あれはなかなかの人物だ
  He is quite an able man.

• 教育界に人物が無い
  There are few men of ability in the educational world.

4

（＝小説、演劇の人物）a character; a personage

用例

• 沙翁｛しゃおう＝シェークスピア｝の人物はよく区別してある
  Shakespeare's characters are well defined.

• 登場人物
  dramatis personae

5

（＝人格）character

用例

• 人物を見る
  to read one's character

• 先生はよく人物を見る
  He is a good reader of character.
• 彼の人物を見抜いた
  I have taken his measure
  I have his measure to an inch.
• 人物をただす
  to inquire into one's character
• その人を雇う前に人物をたださなかったのが悪い
  You ought to have inquired into the man's character before employing him.
• 人物を養成する
  to form one's character―build up one's character
• 英国の学校は人物養成を主とする
  English schools aim at formation of character.
• 人物試験
  character test
• 人物試験をしてやった
  I put his character to the test―put him to a character test.
• この事実でその人物がわかる
  The fact throws light on the man's character.
• 人間の価値は財産にあらずして人物にある
  A man's worth lies not so much in what he has as in what he is.