英和和英

読み方 こらす

他動詞

To concentrate （one's mind on anything）; to strain （one's eyes）; to rack （one's brain）; to tax （one's ingenuity）; to elaborate （a plan）

用例

• 工夫をこらす
  to tax one's ingenuity―adapt the means to the end

• この発明にはだいぶ工夫をこらしたらしい
  The invention must have cost him much exercise of ingenuity.
• 考えをこらす
  to rack one's brains―cudgel one's brains―beat one's brains
• 瞳をこらす
  to strain one's eyes
• 瞳をこらしてやっと見える
  You can just see it by straining your eyes.
• 学問に心をこらす
  to concentrate one's mind on one's studies
• 意匠をこらす
  to elaborate a design
• なかなか趣向がこらしてある
  The plan is very elaborate.
• こらし過ぎた意匠だ
  The design is overwrought.
• 熟議をこらす
  to deliberate on a matter
• 密議をこらす
  to hold secret consultations