英和和英

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自動詞

1

（路に迷う）to stray; to go astray; to lose one's way:（迷子になる） to lose oneself; to get lost

用例

• 私は路に迷いました
  I have lost my way―lost myself.

• 恋の闇路に迷う
  to lose oneself in the maze of love
• 五里霧中に迷う
  to lose one's bearings
• 彼は五里霧中に迷っている
  He is bewildered―in a fog―in a cloud―in a maze―all abroad―utterly at fault―wholly at sea.
• 路頭に迷う
  to be turned adrift―turned into the streets―reduced to beggary
• 失業者は路頭に迷っている
  The unemployed are reduced to beggary.
• 地位は（受け手が無いため）宙に迷った
  The position has gone a-begging.
• 迷った盃
  a cup which has gone a-begging
• 迷える羊
  a stray sheep
  a lost lamb

2

（＝正道を踏み迷う）to go astray; to stray from the path of virtue; to wander from the path of right; to err from the path of duty; to drift into error

用例

• 人はあの年になると迷わぬ
  At his age, a man will not go astray.

• 青年は迷いやすい
  Youth is apt to drift into error.
• 女が迷うと操を破る
  A girl will stray from the path of virtue.
• 男が迷うと人たるの道を忘れる
  A man will err from the path of duty.
• 若い者が迷うと堕落する
  A young man will fall into error―drift into error.

3

（＝当惑する）to be perplexed; to be puzzled; to be at a loss （how to act）; to be in doubt （which to take）; to be in two minds, be of two minds （about doing anything）

用例

• 処置に迷った
  I am at a loss how to act.

• どちらにしようかと迷っている
  I am in doubt which to take.
• やってみようか止そうかと気が迷っている
  I am in two minds―of two minds―about trying.
• 局に当たる者は迷う【イディオム・格言的】
  “Men are blind in their own cause”
  “No man is wise in his own affairs.”

4

（＝躊躇逡巡する）to waver; to vacillate, fluctuate, oscillate, balance （between two courses）; to be irresolute; to be undecided

用例

• 選択に迷う
  I waver in my choice.

• いずれの方針を取って好いかと迷う
  to vacillate between two courses―fluctuate between two courses―oscillate between two courses―balance between two courses
• 英文学と造船学のいずれにしようかと迷った
  I vacillated between English literature and naval architecture.
• とやかくと迷った末英文学と決めた
  After a great deal of vacillation, I decided on English literature.
• この問題には久しく迷いました
  I remained long irresolute―undecided―on this question.

5

（＝迷想する）to be deluded; to labour under a delusion; to deceive oneself; to be deceived

用例

• 彼は自分の才能に迷っていたから迷いを解いてやった
  He was deceived about his own abilities, so I undeceived him.

• 君は息子が偉いと思って迷っている
  You deceive yourself―labour under a delusion―about your son's greatness.
• 僕は地位が安全なつもりで迷っていた
  I deceived myself about the security of my position.

6

（＝惑溺する）to be infatuated with （a woman）; to be taken with （a woman）; to be gone on （a woman）

用例

• 彼はあの女に迷っているから人が何を言っても耳にも入れぬ
  He will give no heed to warning or advice, for he is infatuated with the girl―taken with the girl―gone on the girl.

• 女の色香に迷っている
  He is smitten with her charms.

7

（＝誘惑される）to be tempted （to do wrong）; to be seduced （into doing wrong）

用例

• 彼は金に迷って曲ったことをするような人でない
  He is not the man to be tempted by money to do wrong.

• 慾に迷うと人はどんなことでもする
  A man will be seduced by love of gold into doing anything.
• 目前の利に迷う
  to be tempted by the prospect of immediate gain

8

（＝迷信する）to be superstitious; to be bigoted

• 彼はキリスト教に迷っている
  He is a bigoted Christian.

9

（＝成仏しかねる）to walk the earth

用例

• 幽霊がこの世に迷っている
  A ghost walks the earth.

• 迷うな、成仏せよ
  May thy soul rest in peace!
• 浮かびかねて迷える魂
  a restless soul
  a disconsolately wandering spirit