英和和英

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名詞

1

（＝無理をするの無理）force; compulsion; violence; strain:（=な） forced（voice） ; violent （method） ; strained （imagination） ; impossible （work） :（=に） compulsorily; forcibly; by force ; by violence; too much:（いやなのを無理に）against one's will :（非と知りつつ無理に）against one's better judgment

用例

• 無理をする
  to use force―use compulsion―do violence―attempt the impossible―（我が身なら）―force oneself―strain oneself

• 無理をすると身体に利く
  The strain will tell on your constitution.
• 彼は無理をして身体をこわした
  He has made himself ill by straining himself
  The strain has told on him.
• 僕の身体は無理が利く
  I can stand much strain.
• 若いうちは無理が利く
  Young men can stand the strain of excesses―can stand excesses.
• 君は病気上がりだから無理をしてはいかん
  You are convalescent and can not stand such strain.
• この部屋に千人入れるのは無理だ
  A thousand will strain the capacity of the room
  It is impossible for this room to seat a thousand.
• この仕事は僕には無理だ
  The work is too much for me―too hard for me.
• そんな無理をすると寿命を縮める
  Such strain―Such violence―will shorten the natural term of your existence.
• 彼はどんな無理をしても目的を達する
  He will go any length―go all lengths―move Heaven and earth―to gain his end―There are no lengths to which he will not go to gain his end.
• 自然に従うと無理がない
  It is sweet to follow nature;
• 無理な言葉づかいをする
  to do violence to grammar

2

（＝無理に何々する）to force; to strain

用例

• 無理に押し通る
  to force one's way―force a passage

• 無理に押し入る
  to force one's way in （to a house）
• 無理に押し出る
  to force one's way out （of the house）
• 無理な声を出す
  to force a voice
• 無理に笑う
  to force a smile―force a laugh
• 花を無理に咲かせる
  to force a flower
• 戸を無理に押し明ける
  to force a door open
• 娘を無理に結婚さしたのだ
  They forced her to marry―forced her into marriage.
• 議案を無理に通過させる
  to force a bill through the House
• 無理に売りつける
  to force the goods upon a person
• （取らないという金を）無理に押しつける
  to force the money upon a person
• この仕事は無理に押しつけられたのだ
  The work was forced upon me.
• 無理に白状させる
  to force a confession out of one
• 無理に奪い取る
  to force anything out of one's hands―wrest anything from one
• 僕に無理に証文を書かせたのだ
  They made me sign a paper by force
  They forced me to sign a paper.
• いやだというのを無理に飲まされた
  I was forced to drink against my will.
• 無理にやれば明日までに仕事ができます
  If I force the work, I can have it ready by tomorrow.
• 無理無体に働かせる
  He makes them work by force
  He forces them to work.
• 無理な解釈をする
  to put a force upon one's words―strain the meaning of a passage―stretch the sense of a passage―wrench the meaning of a passage―wrest the sense of a passage
• 無理に意味を取る
  to force the meaning from a passage―extort the meaning from a passage
• 無理に算段する
  to strain one's credit―stretch one's credit
• 無理に想像する
  to strain one's imagination―stretch one's imagination
• あの女を美人と見るには少し無理な想像を要する
  It requires a stretch of imagination to take her for a beauty.
• 無理な勉強をする
  to strain one's powers―stretch one's powers―make violent efforts
• 無理な勉強は止した方が好い
  You had better not strain your powers―you ought to refrain from violent efforts.
• 無理な勉強は長く続かぬ
  Violent efforts will not last long.
• 身体の続かないような無理をする
  to burn the candle at both ends
• 法律を無理に曲げる
  to strain the law―stretch the law
• 主義を無理に曲げる
  to strain one's principles―do violence to one's principles
• 言葉を無理に使う
  to do violence to grammar―torture a word
• 庭木を無理に曲げる
  to torture a tree
• 何も（いやだというものを）無理にやることは無い
  You need not make him go against his will.
• 何も無理に承諾することはない
  You need not consent against your better judgement.

3

（＝無理をいうの無理）unreason; unreasonableness; unnaturalness; impossibility:（=な） unreasonable （demands）; unnatural （English）; unjust （condemnation）; unjustifiable （conclusion） ; unfair （demands） ; impossible （expression） ; far-fetched（expression） ; wild （hopes or wishes） ; （such a success is） not to be expected:（=に） too much:（いやというのを無理に）against one's will:（非と知りつつ無理に）against one's better judgement

用例

• 無理を言う
  to be unreasonable

• そりゃ無理です
  You are unreasonable.
• お前は無理ばかり言っている
  You are so unreasonable
  You will not listen to reason.
• 無理な要求をする
  to make unreasonable demands
• そりゃ無理な註文だ
  It is an unreasonable demand―an unfair demand―an impossible demand―requiring too much―asking too much―asking the impossible.
• 彼は全力を尽くしているのだからこの上望むのは無理だ
  The poor fellow is doing his best. It is unreasonable to expect more
  You can not, in reason, expect more.
• 僕のところへ無理難題を持ち込んでくる
  They make unreasonable demands of me―demand too much of me―require too much of me―ask too much of me.
• あのような身体の人にこの仕事は無理だ
  It is unreasonable to set this task to a man of his constitution
  The task is too much for a man of his constitution.
• 無理を主張する
  to go beyond the bounds of reason

4

用例

• 先方の主張もあながち無理ではない
  The other party is not altogether unreasonable.

• 無理では無いように聞こえる
  It sounds quite reasonable.
• 君がそう言うのは無理はない
  You have good reason to say so
  You may well say so
  You are justified in saying so
  Yours is a just remark
  It is natural that you should say so
  It is no wonder that you should say so.
• 彼が立腹するのも無理はない
  He has good reason to be angry
  He may well be angry
  He is justified in his indignation
  His indignation is just
  It is quite natural that he should be angry
  It is no wonder that he should be angry.
• 君がそう思うのも無理はない
  You have good reason to think so
  You may well think so
  You may justly think so
  It is natural that you should think so
  Your thinking so is not without reason.
• 無理もない間違いだ
  It is a natural mistake.

5

用例

• 初学者にそんな本を読ませるのは無理だ
  A beginner is not to be expected to read such books.

• 初学者にそんな問題を出すのは無理だ
  A beginner can not be expected to solve such problems.
• 彼は英語を始めたばかりだから英語か話せると思うのは無理だ
  He has only just begun his English, and can not be expected to speak it.
• 日本に来たての西洋人に英語を教えさせるのは無理だ
  A foreigner new to Japan can not be expected to teach English well.
• 語学の初歩をも知らぬ者に文学は無理だ
  One ignorant of the very elements of the language can not be expected to appreciate literature.

6

用例

• （どちらが道理か）どちらが無理か
  （Which is in the right?） Which is in the wrong?

• 彼は自分の方が無理だと言って謝まった
  He has acknowledged himself to be in the wrong.
• 先方の言うこともあながち無理ではない
  The other party is not altogether in the wrong.
• 無理が通れば道理が引込む
  Right must give way to might.

7

用例

• 人に無理を頼む
  to make a claim on one's friendship―make a draft on one's friendship―presume on one's friendship

• ご無理をお願い申してすみません
  I am sorry to make such a claim on your friendship―presume so far on your friendship.
• こんな事をお願い申すのは無理だ
  I have no claim on your friendship
  I have no claim on you.
• 平生好くしておけば無理が利く
  If I do well by him, I shall establish a claim on his friendship.

8

用例

• いやなお方の親切よりも好いたお方の無理が好い
  I prefer the unkindness of the man I love to the kindness of the man I hate.

• ご無理もごもっとも
  You are always in the right
  It is “very like a whale.”
• ご無理ごもっともと言って聞き流しておけばよい
  You have only to agree with him about everything he says.

9

用例

• 無理な教育
  unnatural education

• 無理な望み
  wild hopes―wild wishes
• 無理な望みがかなった
  My wildest hopes have been realized.
• 無理な言葉づかい
  impossible expressions―far-fetched expressions