英和和英

読み方 かえりみる

他動詞

1

To look back on （the past）; to reflect on （oneself）; to have regard to （appearance）; to take notice of （public opinion）; to look to （one's interests）; to think of （oneself）

用例

• 顧みれば二十五年一夢の如し
  As I look back on my past life, twenty-five years appears to me but a dream.

• 己を省みる
  to reflect on oneself―meditate on one's life
• 彼は我が身を顧みずに人を助ける
  He helps others, quite unmindful of himself.
• 我が身のためも少しは顧みなければならない
  We must look to our own interests―have an eye to the main chance.
• 不肖を省みずこの重任に当たったのはこういう次第である
  That is the reason I have taken this trust upon myself without reflecting on my want of ability.
• 若い時は前後を顧みない
  The young do not reflect on the consequences.
• 僕は前後を顧みずにありたけ使ってしまった
  I spent all the money I had, without reflecting on the consequences―reckless of the consequences.
• 前後を顧みずに本分を尽くせ
  Do your duty, irrespective of the consequences.
• 彼は体裁などはさらに顧みない
  He has no regard to appearance.
• 僕は世間の評判などは顧みない
  I take no notice of what people say.
• 彼は学問に一心不乱で余事を顧みるいとまが無い
  He is too intent on his studies to think of anything else.

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用例

• 僕は輿論を顧みずに自分の思うところを行った
  I set the public opinion at defiance, and went my own way
  I went my own way in defiance of public opinion.

• 省みてやましきところ無し
  I am conscious of having done right
  I have an easy conscience.
• あえて不遜を省みず意見を述べん
  I shall presume to give my opinion.