意味一覧 (2件)
干渉する
解説 Definition
他人の事柄に不必要に干渉または介入することで、本人の意図や状況を無視して口を出すことを指します。多くの場合その行為は迷惑を与えたり、関係を損ねたりするため、控えるべき行動です。
To meddle means to become involved in something that is not your business, often in an unwanted way. It usually suggests interfering with other people's private matters or decisions. The word has a negative meaning.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
このエントリの meddle は、個人的な「お節介を焼く」という基本義とは別に、他人・組織・国などの領域へ不必要に入り込み、判断や進行を乱す「干渉する」として覚えるとよいです。meddle in affairs, meddle in elections, meddle in policy のように、権限のない外部者が事柄へ介入する文脈で使われます。単なる関与ではなく、望ましくない介入という批判的な響きがあります。
Learn `meddle` as the chunk `meddle in`. It has the feeling of getting involved where you were not asked to help. You can connect it with `middle`: someone meddles by putting themselves into the middle of other people's business.
例文
Stop meddling in affairs that don't concern you.
自分に関係のない事柄に干渉するのをやめなさい。
Her mother-in-law constantly meddled in their personal decisions.
彼女の義母は彼らの個人的な決定に絶えず干渉した。
The government was accused of meddling in the election process.
その政府は選挙プロセスへの干渉の疑いで非難された。
お節介を焼く
(意味 2)解説 Definition
頼まれていないのに、他人の私生活・家族関係・仕事上の判断などに入り込み、余計な助言や世話をする時に使います。親切のつもりでも相手には迷惑に感じられる、否定的なニュアンスの動詞です。
Meddle means to get involved in someone else's private life, family matters, or decisions when your help or opinion was not asked for. It is used when a person gives unwanted advice or tries to manage a situation that is not their responsibility. The word has a negative feeling, because even if the person thinks they are being helpful, others may see it as annoying or intrusive.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
meddle は meddle in someone's business / private life の形で覚えると使いやすい語です。help は相手に望まれる手助けですが、meddle は頼まれていないのに入り込み、助言や世話をして迷惑がられる感じがあります。interfere より日常の家族・恋愛・友人関係での「お節介」に寄りやすい点を押さえましょう。middle とつづりが近く、他人の問題の真ん中へ勝手に入るイメージです。
It helps to remember meddle in phrases like meddle in someone's business or meddle in someone's private life. Unlike help, meddle suggests getting involved when nobody asked you to. It is often used for everyday situations with family, friends, or relationships, where someone is being too nosy or giving unwanted advice. You can also connect it with middle: a meddling person jumps right into the middle of someone else's problem.
例文
He always meddles in other people's business.
彼はいつも他人のことにお節介を焼く。
I wish my relatives would stop meddling in our marriage.
親戚が私たちの結婚に口を出すのをやめてほしい。
She tried to help, but her boss felt she was meddling in a decision that was not hers to make.
彼女は助けるつもりだったが、上司は自分の判断に余計に口を出されたと感じた。
meddle の語源・成り立ち Etymology
meddle は古フランス語 medler「混ぜる・関わる」を経て、ラテン語 miscere「混ぜる」にさかのぼる語です。関連語は mix, medley で、本来は「物事に自分を混ぜ入れる」ことなので、そこから余計な干渉をする意味へ発展したと見えます。
Meddle came through Old French medler, meaning "to mix" or "involve," from Latin miscere, meaning "to mix." The older image was of mixing oneself into a matter. From that, the word developed the sense of interfering in something that is not really your business. Related English words include mix and medley.
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