夢中になっている
解説 Definition
infatuated は、人や考え、物事に強く心を奪われ、理性的な判断が鈍るほど夢中になっている状態を表す形容詞です。一時的で熱っぽい魅了やのぼせ上がりの含みを持つことが多く、恋愛感情だけでなく、流行や発想への強い熱中にも使われます。
If someone is infatuated, they feel a very strong and often sudden attraction to someone or something. It is commonly used for romantic feelings, especially when they are intense but not very deep or lasting. The word can suggest emotion that is more based on excitement than real understanding.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
`in love` より熱っぽく、しかも少し理性が飛んでいる感じだと覚える。語尾の `-ated` は「そういう状態になっている」で、`infatuated` は「心を完全に持っていかれた状態」。`be infatuated with ...` の形で、人・物・アイデアに使いやすい。`interested` や `attracted` よりずっと強く、`obsessed` に近いが、特に恋や有名人、流行への一時的なのぼせ上がりを表しやすい点をセットで覚えると定着しやすい。
Think of `infatuated` as much stronger than just `interested` or `attracted`. It often suggests that emotion is so strong that clear thinking becomes weak. Remember the common pattern `be infatuated with`, especially for a person, celebrity, or even an idea.
例文
He was completely infatuated with the new actress and couldn't stop talking about her.
彼はその新人女優にすっかり夢中で、彼女のことばかり話していました。
She became infatuated with the idea of traveling around the world.
彼女は世界一周をすることにすっかり心を奪われました。
Critics argued that the public was infatuated with celebrity gossip rather than real issues.
批評家たちは、人々は本当の問題ではなく有名人のゴシップに夢中になっていると主張した。
infatuated の類義語・関連語
infatuated の語源・成り立ち Etymology
infatuated は infatuate の過去分詞形。ラテン語 infatuare「愚かにする」に由来し、in-「中へ」+ fatuus「愚かな」と分けられます。関連語は fatuous, infatuation。つまり「理性を失うほど夢中」が語源どおりの感覚です。
Infatuated is the past-participle form of infatuate. It comes from Latin infatuare, meaning "to make foolish," based on fatuus, "foolish." The sense changed from being made foolish in general to being so deeply affected, often by love, that clear judgment is lost. Related words include fatuous and infatuation.
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