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他動詞

1

（＝追いやる）to drive （away）

用例

• 牛を追う
  to drive cattle―drive oxen

• 国外に追う
  to banish a man （from the country）
• 己が頭の蠅を追え
  “Mind your own business.”【イディオム・格言的】
• 仕事に追われる
  to be driven by business―pressed by business
• 仕事を追うとも仕事に追われるな
  “Drive thy business, let not thy business drive thee.”【イディオム・格言的】
• 中学生は日課に追われている
  The middle-school students are overtasked with their daily lessons―too busy with their lessons.
• 日課に追われて何もできぬ
  They are too busy with their lessons to do anything else.
• 煩悩の犬追えども去らず
  The passions are hard of control.

2

（＝後を追う）to pursue （the enemy）; to chase （a stag）; to track （an animal）; to follow （game）; to run after （a hare）; to make after （a man）

用例

• 人の後を追う
  to run after a man―make after a man―pursue a man―start in pursuit of a man

• この犬はどこへでも僕の後を追うて来る
  The dog follows me wherever I go.
• 子どもがお母さんの後を追う
  The child wants to go with mamma.
• 妻が夫の後を追うて死んだ
  She followed him to the grave.
• 敵を追う
  to pursue the enemy―start in pursuit of the enemy―give chase to the flying enemy
• 逃亡者を追う
  to track a runaway―make tracks for a runaway
• 鹿を追う
  to chase a stag―follow a stag―hunt deer
• 中原の鹿を追う
  to contend for a political prize―fight for the crown―play for empire―electioneer
• 二兔を追う者一兔を得ず
  “He who runs after two hares will catch neither.”【イディオム・格言的】
• 猟犬が鳥獣を追うている
  The setter is on the scent of game―The hounds are on the track of a stag―on the trail of a fox.
• 女の尻を追う
  to pursue a woman―dangle after a woman
• 泥棒が巡査に追われて逃げた
  The chief ran pursued by a policeman―with a policeman at his heels.
• 快楽を追う
  to pursue pleasure
• 名利を追う
  to follow wealth or fame
• 流行を追う
  to follow the fashion
• 着々利益を追う
  to follow up the advantage
• 世の風潮を追う
  to swim with the tide
• 追えば逃げ逃ぐれば追うは世の習い
  “Follow love, and it will flee; flee love, and it will follow thee.”【イディオム・格言的】
• 追うても追いつく見込みが無い
  It is a losing chase.
• 来る者は拒まず去る者は追わず
  They are free to come and go.

3

〈熟語〉

用例

• 順を逐うて調査する
  to investigate in due order―in proper sequence

• 年代を逐うて研究する
  to study in chronological order―make a chronological study
• 本が号を逐うて出る
  A book comes out in numbers.
• 号を逐うて小説を連載する
  A story is published serially.
• 漸を逐うて進む
  to -improve by degrees―make gradual progress
• 世は日を逐うて、年を逐うて改まる
  The times change day by day―year after year.