英和和英

読み方 くじく

他動詞

1

To crush （the enemy）; to break （a bone）; to sprain, wrench （the ankle）; to strain, wrench （the shoulder）; to strain, wrick （the neck）; to dislocate （a joint）

用例

• 転んで足頸をくじいた
  I had a fall and sprained my ankle.

• 関節をくじく
  to dislocate a joint
• 彼は落馬して腕をくじいた
  He was thrown off a house and broke his arm―got his arm broken.
• 一撃で敵をくじいた
  We crushed the enemy at a blow.
• 鼻柱をくじく
  to humble one's pride―humiliate a proud man―snub one

2

（＝勇気を挫く）to discourage; to dishearten; to daunt; to break （one's spirit）

用例

• 勇気をくじく、英気をくじく
  to break one's spirit

• この困難を見ればいかなる勇気をもくじくに足る
  These difficulties are enough to discourage―dishearten―daunt―the bravest heart.
• 勢をくじく
  to break one's power
• 元気をくじく
  to damp one's spirits―cast a damp over one's spirits―strike a damp into one's spirits
• 相手の鋭鋒をくじく
  to repel an attack―silence one's opponent
• 病勢をくじく
  to stay the progress of a disease
• 弱きを助け強きをくじく
  to help the weak and fight the strong―support the weak against the strong―fight for the weak against the strong―fight for the oppressed against the oppressor.