英和和英

読み方 なげうつ

他動詞

To give up, abandon （an attempt）; to renounce, disclaim, waive （a right）; to relinquish, resign, forego （a claim）; to resign, deliver up （one's possessions）; to throw up, fling up （one's office）; to throw away （an opportunity）; to lay down, give, lose, sacrifice （one's life）; to lay aside （some work）

用例

• 彼は万事をなげうって専らこの仕事にかかった
  He gave up everything to devote himself to the work.

• 地位をなげうつ
  to throw up one's office―fling up one's situation
• 職をなげうつこと弊履を捨つるが如し
  He threw up his office as if he were throwing away an old hat.
• 権利をなげうつ
  to renounce one's rights―disclaim one's rights―waive one's rights―relinquish one's claim―resign one's claim―forego one's claim
• 財産をなげうつ
  to resign one's property―deliver up one's property
• 生命をなげうつ
  to lay down one's life―give one's life―lose one's life―sacrifice one's life
• 国家のために身命をなげうった人々だ
  They laid down their lives for their country―gave their lives for their country.
• 彼は一命をなげうって人を助けた
  He saved others―（死んでなら）―at the price of his life―at the cost of his life―at the sacrifice of his life―（死ぬ覚悟でなら）―at the risk of his life―at the hazard of his life―at the peril of his life.
• 発明者がこの発明のために一命をなげうった
  The inventor lost his life in making this invention
  The invention cost the inventor his life.
• 事業は一年間なげうってある
  The work has been laid aside for a year.