英和和英

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自動詞

1

（＝聞き得る）（人を主格とすれば）to hear; to overhear:（音を主格とすれば）to be heard; to be audible

用例

• はっきり聞える
  I hear distinctly
  It is distinctly audible.

• もう聞こえない
  I can not hear it
  It is inaudible.
• 何が聞こえるか
  What do you hear?
• 人声が聞こえる
  I hear voices.
• 遠くて声が聞こえない
  I can not hear his voice―His voice is not to be heard―His voice is inaudible―owing to the distance.
• 聞こえるようにそう言った
  He said so loudly enough to be heard.
• 先生は声が低いから向こうのはしから聞こえない
  He speaks in such a low voice that he can not be heard at the farther end of the room.
• 彼の声は暴風雨の音をしのいで聞こえた
  His voice was heard above the storm.
• あの雨の音が聞こえないか
  Don't you hear the rain? ［注意］英語にてはこの場合に「音」を略す。
• 隣り座敷の話が聞こえた
  I overheard a talk the next room.
• 僕の聞こえる所で彼はそう言った
  He said so in my hearing.
• 呼んだら聞こえるところにおれ
  Stay within hearing―within call―within earshot.
• 彼はもう呼んでも聞こえぬ
  He is out of hearing―out of earshot―now.
• 足音が遠くて聞こえなくなった
  His footsteps died away in the distance.
• 騒々しくて声が聞こえない
  The voice is drowned in the noise―（他動詞構文にすれば）―The noise drowns the voice.
• 耳に聞こえる
  to meet the ear―greet the ear―fall upon the ear
• にわかに悲鳴が聞こえた
  A shriek burst upon my ears.
• 君は耳が聞こえるか
  Can you hear?
• 彼は年をとって耳が聞こえなくなった
  He has grown old and deaf.

2

（＝響く）to sound; to ring

用例

• こういうと言い訳のように聞こえるが
  This may sound like an excuse.

• こういったら変に聞こえようがしかし事実だ
  It may sound strange, but―Strange as it may sound,―it is true for all that.
• この金貨の鳴り音は本物らしく聞こえる、偽物らしく聞こえる
  The coin rings true―rings false.
• あの人の声が本物らしく聞こえる、偽物らしく聞こえる
  His voice rings true―rings false.

3

（＝知られる）to be known; to be noted; to be famed; to be famous; to be renowned; to be celebrated

用例

• 彼はなかなか聞こえた人だ
  He is a famous man―a noted man―a man of note.

• 学者として聞こえている
  He is renowned as a scholar―renowned for his scholarship.

4

（＝道理がある）to be reasonable

• そりゃ聞こえませぬ伝兵衛さん
  You are unreasonable, O Denbei San!