英和和英

読み方 ほんろうする

他動詞

To trifle with, play with, sport with, play fast and loose with （a girl's feelings）; to fool, make a fool of, flirt with, coquette with （a man）; to flirt with （a party）; to play on （one's feelings）; to toss about （a ship）

用例

• 男が女を翻弄する
  A man trifles with a female heart―trifles with a girl's feelings―plays fast and loose with a girl's feelings.

• 私は男に翻弄されました
  My feelings have been trifled with.
• 女が男を翻弄する
  A woman makes a fool of a man―flirts with a man―coquettes with a man.
• 僕は女に翻弄された
  I have been made a fool of.
• あくまで男を翻弄する
  to fool a man to the top of his bent
• 先方は誠意を欠いて我々を翻弄しているのだ
  He is trifling with us―flirting with us―playing fast and loose with us.
• 人の感情を翻弄するものでない
  You should not play on a man's feelings.
• 船は波濤のために木の葉のように翻弄された
  The ship was tossed about by the sea.