英和和英

読み方 せいする

他動詞

To control, govern, restrain, bridle, rein, curb （the passions）; to repress, contain （one's anger）; to suppress, smother, stifle （one's feelings）; to master, dominate （a situation）; to keep back, hold back （a crowd）

用例

• 巡査が群衆を制す
  The policemen keep back the crowd.

• 情慾を制す
  to control one's passions―govern one's passions―restrain one's passions―bridle one's passions―rein one's passions―curb one's passions―practise continence
• 情慾は制し難し
  The passions are hard of control.
• 常に情慾を制すべし
  You should keep your passions under control.
• 彼は情慾を制し得ない
  He has no control over his passions.
• 情慾を制するには強固なる意志を要す
  One must have a strong will to control one's passions.
• 感情を制す
  to control one's feelings―suppress one's feelings―stifle one's feelings―smother one's feelings
• 怒りを制す
  to repress one's anger―contain one's anger―keep one's anger down―control one's temper―hold in one's temper―keep one's temper under
• 彼は怒ると自分が制し得なくなる
  When he gets angry, he loses control over himself―loses all self-control.
• 馬が制しきれなくなる
  A horse runs away with his rider.
• 局面を制す
  to master the situation―dominate the situation
• 人を制す、勝ちを制す
  to prevail over a man―get the better of one's rival―get the upper hand of the enemy―（争いでなら）―have the best of it
• 最後の勝ちを制す
  to gain the final victory
• 先んずれば人を制す
  He wins who gets the start.
• 機先を制す
  to get the start of one's rival―forestall the enemy―anticipate an attack―steal a match upon the enemy―be beforehand with the enemy
• 死命を制す
  to have a hold upon a man―have a grip upon a man―have a man at one's mercy―have a man in one's power
• 毒をもって毒を制す
  “Like cures like”【イディオム・格言的】
• 柔よく剛を制す
  “In yielding is strength.”【イディオム・格言的】