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発音

• (英国発音, Canada) IPA: /ɛnˈθjuːz/, /ɪnˈθjuːz/
• (米国発音, Canada) IPA: /ɛnˈθuz/, /ɪnˈθuz/
• (Wales, Canada) IPA: /ɛnˈθɪu̯z/
• 韻: -uːz

動詞

enthuse (third-person singular simple present enthuses, present participle enthusing, simple past and past participle enthused)

1. (intransitive, colloquial) To show enthusiasm.
   • 1970, Julian Huxley, Memories:

     a splendid performance, and I was enthusing over it

2. (proscribed, sometimes humorous) To cause (someone) to feel enthusiasm or to be enthusiastic.

   The novelty of the film enthused the audience.

   • 2020 June 3, Sam Mullins OBE discusses with Stefanie Foster, “LTM: a new chapter begins at 40”, in Rail, page 54:

     One of the museum's greatest strengths is its focus on educating and enthusing children from an early age, and it's something that Mullins is especially proud of.

使用する際の注意点

This word is an example of one that was long deprecated by many usage commentators but is widely used, with the deprecation now being widely discounted.

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参照

• “enthuse”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

アナグラム

• ensueth, huntees