夢中にさせる
解説 Definition
誰かや何かに対して強烈で理性を超えた熱狂や恋心を抱かせる動詞。一時的に激しくのめり込み、冷静な判断力を失わせるほどの感情を含意する。恋愛や憧れの対象に深くとらわれた状態を表すときに使われる。
To infatuate someone means to make them feel a very strong, often sudden attraction or admiration. It is usually used for romantic interest, but it can also refer to intense fascination with a person or thing. This feeling is often seen as emotional and not always thoughtful or lasting.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
infatuate はまず名詞 infatuation（夢中、のぼせ上がり）とセットで覚えると定着しやすい。love よりも「理性が飛ぶほどハマらせる」感じが強く、be infatuated with ... の形も頻出。単なる like ではなく、相手が見えなくなるほどの熱中を表す語だと押さえる。語尾 -ate の動詞なので「〜の状態にする」、つまり誰かを夢中状態にする、とつなげると覚えやすい。fascinate は強く惹きつけるだけでも使えるが、infatuate は恋愛・憧れ寄りで、盲目的な入れ込みを連想すると区別しやすい。
Learn it with the noun `infatuation` and the adjective phrase `be infatuated with`. The ending `-ate` can remind you of a verb that puts someone into a state. It is stronger and less rational than just `like`, often with a blind romantic feeling.
例文
The new mentor infatuated the interns with bold ideas.
新しいメンターは大胆な発想でインターンたちを夢中にさせた。
He became infatuated with the notion of living abroad.
彼は海外暮らしの考えにとりつかれた。
infatuate の類義語・関連語
infatuate の語源・成り立ち Etymology
infatuate はラテン語 infatuare「愚かにする」に由来し、in- と fatuus「愚かな」から成ります。もとは「理性を失わせる」という意味で、そこから恋や憧れで判断が鈍るほど「夢中にさせる」へ発展したと考えると腑に落ちます。関連語は fatuous, infatuation。
"Infatuate" comes from Latin "infatuare," meaning "to make foolish," built from in- and "fatuus," meaning "foolish." The older idea was not romance but causing someone to lose sound judgment. Later it became strongly connected with love or admiration so intense that it seems to cloud reason; related English words include "fatuous" and "infatuation."
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