英和和英

読み方 とうずる

他動詞

1

（＝投げる、投げ入れる、投げ捨てる）to throw; to throw in; to throw away; to give up; to cast

用例

• 汽車に石を投ずる
  to throw stones at a running train

• 彼は海に投じて死んだ
  He threw himself into the sea―drowned himself in the sea.
• 獄に投ずる
  to cast one into prison―put one in prison
• 火中に投ずる
  to throw anything into the fire―commit anything to the flames
• この手紙を読み次第に火中に投ぜよ
  As soon as you have read this letter, commit it to the flames.
• 彼は剣を投じて文筆を事とした
  He give up the sword for the pen.

2

（＝身を投ずる）to plunge into, launch into （politics）; to embark in, launch forth in （an enterprise）; to venture on （a speculation）; to devote oneself to, commit oneself to （some cause）; to join, cast in one's lot with （a party）; to desert to, go over to （the enemy）

用例

• 校長は火中に身を投じて御真影を取出した
  The principal plunged into the fire, and rescued the Imperial portrait.

• 政界に身を投ずる
  to plunge into politics―launch into politics―go into politics
• 事業に身を投ずる
  to embark in an enterprise―launch forth in an enterprise
• 投機事業に身を投ずる
  to venture on a speculation
• 教育に一身を投ずる
  to devote oneself to―commit oneself to―the cause of education
• 政党に投ずる
  to join a political party―cast in one's lot with a party
• 彼は財産を使い果たして社会党に投じた
  He went through his fortune, and joined the socialists.
• 不平を起こして敵に投じた
  He laboured under a sense of wrong, and went over to the enemy―deserted to the enemy.
• 山賊に投ずる
  to join the bandits―take to the road
• そうすれば日本は戦争の渦中に投ぜざるを得ぬ
  Then Japan will be embroiled in a war.
• 思い切って一身を投ずる
  to take the plunge

3

（＝資を投ずる）to invest, sink, lay out （capital in anything）; to spend, expend （money on anything）; to give （so much for something）

用例

• 事業に資本を投ずる
  to invest capital in―sink one's capital in―lay out money in―an enterprise

• 彼は鉱山に資本を投じている
  He has sunk his capital in mines.
• 全財産を挙げて一事業に投ずるは愚である
  It is foolish to invest one's all in a single enterprise―risk one's all on a single venture 【イディオム・格言的には：】“put all one's eggs in one basket.”
• 公共事業に私財を投ずる
  to expend private funds on a public enterprise
• 彼は私財を投じて治水工事をした
  He undertook river-improvement works at his own expense.
• これは彼が大金を投じて建てた家だ
  The house was built at a great cost.
• 十万円を投じて建てた家だ
  The house was built at a cost of 100,000 yen.
• 大金を投じて買った家だ
  He gave a large sum for the house.
• 十万円を投じて買った家だ
  He gave 100,000 yen for the house.

4

（＝機に投ずる） opportune; seasonable; timely; well-timed

• これは機に投じたる策と言うべし
  It mush be pronounced an opportune scheme―a timely project.

5

（＝人気に投ずる）to catch popularity; to catch on; to take; to hit （the taste）

用例

• その小説は人気に投じてたいそう売れた
  The novel caught on, and sold immensely.

• 計略が人気に投じてその男は大金を儲けた
  The stratagem took, and the man made a fortune.
• その演劇は世人の嗜好に投じた
  The play hit the taste of the public―hit the popular fancy.
• 人気に投ずる策だ
  The scheme is a claptrap.
• 人気に投ずる小説だ
  It is a sensational novel.
• これは人気に投ずる話題だ
  This is a taking topic.

6

（＝投合する）to agree with （one's temper）; to coincide with （one's views）; to hit with, jump with （one's humour）; to fall in with, strike in with （one's views）

用例

• その計画は彼の意気に投じた
  The scheme hit with his humour―jumped with his humour―fell in with his views―struck in with his views.

• この策が世人の意気に投じた
  The scheme hit with the popular humour―jumped with the popular wishes.
• 二人は意気相い投じている
  They are congenial spirits.