魅惑的な
解説 Definition
beguiling は beguile（魅了する、だます）からできた形容詞で、魅惑的な、心を引きつけるという意味です。美しさや雰囲気に引き込まれる感じを表し、時に少し惑わすような魅力も含みます。
Beguiling describes someone or something that is attractively charming and difficult to resist. The appeal may carry a slight suggestion that the observer is being distracted, misled, or drawn in too easily.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
beguiling は beguile「魅了する、だます」に -ing が付いて形容詞になった語です。単に attractive「魅力的な」というより、心を惑わせるほど引き込む魅力を感じさせます。a beguiling voice、beguiling charm、a beguiling smile のように、声・雰囲気・笑顔によく使われます。
Start with beguile, “to charm or deceive,” and imagine a voice or smile so attractive that it draws your attention away from caution. Beguiling is formed by dropping the final silent e of beguile before adding -ing; compare /bɪˈɡaɪl/ with /bɪˈɡaɪlɪŋ/. As an adjective, it commonly appears before nouns such as smile, voice, charm, or beauty. Unlike merely pleasant, beguiling suggests unusually captivating appeal and may preserve a faint hint of being led or fooled by that attraction.
例文
The singer had a beguiling voice that filled the hall.
その歌手はホール全体に響く魅惑的な声を持っていました。
The old town has a beguiling charm at night.
その古い町には夜になると魅惑的な趣があります。
Her beguiling smile made the formal meeting feel warmer.
彼女の魅惑的な笑顔で、堅い会議の雰囲気が少し和らぎました。
beguiling の類義語・関連語
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beguiling の語源・成り立ち Etymology
beguiling は beguile + -ing から成ります。beguile は中英語を経て古フランス語 guile「ごまかし・たくらみ」にさかのぼり、もとは「うまく欺いて心を奪う」ことでした。そこから「人を惑わせるほど魅力的な」という意味になりました。関連語は guile, beguilement です。
Beguiling is formed from beguile by replacing the final silent e with -ing. Beguile entered English in the Middle English period and contains guile, a word inherited through Old French for deception, trickery, or cunning. The verb originally emphasized deceiving or leading someone astray. From the idea of winning or diverting a person’s attention, it also acquired the sense “to charm,” producing the adjective beguiling for something captivating, sometimes with a subtle undertone of deception.
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