英和和英

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他動詞

1

To sell （goods）; to dispose of （one's property）

用例

• 何をいくらに売る
  to self anything for so much―（と言わずして通例）―take so much for anything―get so much for anything―（と言う）

• その馬をいくらに売ってくれるか
  What will you take for your horse?
  What do you want for your horse?
  What do you ask for your horse?
• 千円に売りましょう
  I will take 1,000 yen for him
  I want 1,000 yen for him.
• 君は著述をいくらに売ったか
  What did you get for your work?
• 二千円に売った
  I got 2,000 yen for it.
• 彼は処女作を百円に売った
  He sold his maiden work for 100 yen
  He got 100 yen for his maiden work
  His maiden work earned him 100 yen.
• 彼は家を一万円に売ろうと言った
  He offered his house for 10,000 yen.
• 家を売ろうと言う
  to offer a house for sale
• 高く売る
  to sell dear―sell at a high price―sell at a high figure
• 安く売る
  to sell cheap―sell at a low price―sell at a low figure
• 彼は安く買って高く売る
  He buys cheap and sells dear.
• それより一文も安くは売られません
  I can not take a cent less.
• 彼は家を好い値に売った
  He has sold his house at a good price.
• 儲けて売る
  to sell at a profit
• 損をして売る
  to sell at a loss―sell at a sacrifice
• この品は損をしても売ってしまいたい
  We must sell these goods even at a sacrifice.
• 触れて売る
  to cry―hawk―one's wares
• 米国では卵をダースいくらで売る
  In America, eggs are sold by the dozen.
• 日本では一ついくらで売る
  In Japan, they are sold by the piece.
• あちらでは魚を目方で売る
  There fish is sold by the pound.
• 薪は束で売る
  Wood is sold by the bundle.
• あの店では何を売るか
  What do they sell at that shop?
  What sort of goods do they deal in?
• この本はどこで売っているか
  Where can I get this book?
  Where is this book to be had?
• どこの本屋でも売っている
  It is to be had at any bookseller's.
• 田舎へ引込むについて家を売らなければならぬ
  I must dispose of my house before retiring into the country.
• この品物を売って金にしたい
  I wish to turn these goods into money.
• 農夫が畑の物を売りに行く
  A farmer goes to sell the produce of his farm―goes to market.
• 羊頭を懸けて狗肉を売る
  to cry mutton and sell dog―“show one bread and give one a stone”―impose upon the public
• 身を売る
  to sell one's chastity―prostitute oneself
• 節を売る
  to sell one's honour―prostitute one's honour
• 情は売れども心は売らぬ
  My body is at your service, but not my heart.
• 彼は奴隷に売られた
  He was sold for a slave―sold into slavery.
• 彼女は女郎に売られた
  She was sold for a prostitute.
• 娘を女郎に売った
  They sold their daughter for a prostitute.
• 春を売る
  A woman sells her favours.
• 暖簾｛のれん｝を売る
  to sell out a business

2

〈転意〉

用例

• 名を売る
  to win a reputation―win fame―win renown―make a name for oneself

• 彼はこの本で名を売った
  This book won him a reputation.
• 彼は世界に名を売っている
  He has won a world-wide fame
  He enjoys a world-wide fame.
• 若い学者は名を売ろうとする
  Young scholars thirst for fame―strive after effect.
• 昔の芸者は芸で売った
  Old-time geisha won their reputations by art.
• 今時の芸者は顔で売る
  Modern geisha make capital out of their beauty.
• 男を売る
  to build up a reputation
• 愛嬌を売る
  to court favour―do the pretty
• 芸人は愛嬌を売る商売だ
  It is the business of the artiste to court public favour.
• あの娘はしきりに愛嬌を売る
  She is always doing the pretty―playing the coquette―coquetting―She is a coquette.
• けんかを売る
  to provoke a quarrel
• 土地を売って長い草鞋｛わらじ｝を履く身となった
  He left home and led a wandering life.

3

（＝裏切る）to betray; to sell

用例

• 国を売る
  to sell one's country―betray one's country

• 彼らはたとい貧しくとも国を売るような者ではない
  Though poor, they are above selling their country.
• 友人を売る
  to betray one's friend―sell one's friend