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読み方 たとえる

他動詞

To liken, compare （one thing to another）; to illustrate （a doctrine）; to allegorize （life, etc.）

用例

• 人生は航海に譬える
  Life is likened to a voyage―compared to a voyage.

• 宮殿は譬えて見ると牢屋のようなものだ
  A palace my be likened to a prison.
• 美人は花に譬えれば物を言う花だ
  A beautiful woman, if compared to a flower, is a speaking flower.
• Bunyan の天路歴程はキリスト教信者の生涯を譬えたものだ
  Bunyan's “Pilgrim's Progress” allegorizes a Christian life.
• 商業は戦争をもってこれを譬えん
  Let us illustrate commerce by war!
• 彼は例を引いてその説を例えた
  He illustrated his doctrine by citing instances.
• 喩えて言えば
  metaphorically speaking―figuratively speaking―so to speak
• 喩えて言えば英語は世界の通貨だ
  Figuratively speaking, English is a world currency.
• 彼は喩えて言えば成人した赤ん坊だ
  He is, so to speak, a grown-up baby.
• その美しさは何に譬えん方も無し
  Nothing is comparable to its beauty―It is beautiful beyond comparison―beyond compare.
• その景色の好いといったら何に譬えようも無い
  The scenery is so beautiful that there is nothing comparable to it
  The scenery is beautiful beyond comparison.