allude
ほのめかす
解説 Definition
allude は allude（ほのめかす）の原形で、何かを直接言わずにそれとなく示すという意味です。通常は allude to の形で、発言や文章が人物、出来事、考えなどに間接的に触れる場合に使われます。
To allude to someone or something is to refer to that person, event, or idea indirectly, without naming or explaining it openly. The verb is normally followed by the preposition “to.”
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
allude は通常 allude to＋人・出来事・考えの形で、「直接名指しせず、それとなく触れる」と覚えます。はっきり言及する refer to や mention より間接的なのが要点です。ラテン語の「〜へ」と「遊ぶ」に由来し、話題の周辺へ軽く触れる場面を結び付けましょう。
Learn allude together with its usual pattern, allude to something. It describes an indirect reference: a speaker or writer touches on a person, event, or idea without naming it or explaining it openly. Contrast it with mention, which can be direct, and refer to, which is more neutral. Its historical elements convey movement toward something and play, supporting the image of words lightly touching a subject instead of stating it plainly.
例文
The speaker did not name the problem but did allude to it.
話し手はその問題を名指ししませんでしたが、それとなく触れました。
Her poem seems to allude to a famous myth.
彼女の詩は有名な神話をほのめかしているようです。
The report may allude to earlier mistakes without blaming anyone directly.
その報告書は誰かを直接責めずに、以前の誤りをほのめかしているのかもしれません。
allude の類義語・関連語
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allude の語源・成り立ち Etymology
allude はラテン語 alludere にさかのぼり、ad-「〜へ」+ ludere「遊ぶ」から成ります。もとは「軽く触れるように遊ぶ」で、そこから相手に直接言わず意味をそれとなく向ける「ほのめかす」になりました。関連語は illusion, prelude です。
Allude comes through Latin alludere, formed from ad-, meaning “toward,” and ludere, meaning “to play.” In the Latin compound, ad- changed in form before the following consonant. The earlier sense involved playing with or making a playful reference to something, from which the modern idea of indirectly referring or hinting developed. Illusion and prelude also contain forms derived from Latin ludere.
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