pass off
意味一覧 (2件)
偽って通す
解説 Definition
pass A off as B の形で、AをBだと偽って人に信じ込ませたり、粗悪な物を本物・価値ある物として通用させたりする。詐欺、言い訳、作品や身分のごまかしなどで使われ、意図的にだますニュアンスが強い。
If you pass something off as something else, you make people believe it is different from what it really is. This phrase is often used when someone tries to deceive others by presenting a fake, low-quality, or stolen thing as real or valuable. It can also be used about a false identity, excuse, or piece of work, and it usually suggests deliberate dishonesty.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
pass は「通る・通す」、off は「本筋から外へ」という感覚。pass A off as B は、Aを本来の姿から外して、Bとして人の前を通過させるイメージで覚える。単に lie「うそをつく」より、偽物・他人の作品・低品質品などを別物として認めさせる場面に合う。別義の「治まる」は自動詞的に状態が去る意味なので、as を伴う形とは切り分ける。
Think of pass as "let something go through" and off as "away from its real place or identity." In pass A off as B, you let A go past other people as if it were B. This is stronger than simply lying, because it often involves making a fake product, stolen work, or false identity seem acceptable as the real thing. Separate this from the other sense of pass off meaning a condition gradually disappears.
例文
He tried to pass off the fake watch as a luxury brand.
彼はその偽物の腕時計を高級ブランド品だと偽って通そうとした。
The gallery owner was arrested for passing off copies as original paintings.
その画廊主は複製画を本物の絵だと偽って通したとして逮捕された。
She couldn't pass off the copied report as her own once the teacher checked the sources.
先生が出典を確認したので、彼女はコピーしたレポートを自分のものだと偽って通せなかった。
治まる
(意味 2)解説 Definition
痛み・不快感・嵐などが時間の経過とともに弱まり、やがて治まることを表す。急停止ではなく、しばらく続いた状態が自然に去っていく感じで、一時的な不調や荒天について使われる。
If something such as pain, anger, or bad weather passes off, it gradually becomes weaker and then ends. It describes a problem or unpleasant condition that does not last. This phrasal verb is more common in British English.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
この意味では、痛みや嵐など不快な状態が pass「通り過ぎ」、off「離れていく」と考える。the headache passed off なら、頭痛が急に止まるのではなく、時間とともに遠のいて消える響き。これは pass off の「偽って通す」という基本義とは別で、目的語を取らず、症状・荒天・緊張などが自然に弱まる場面に限って覚えると混同しにくい。
Break it into "pass" and "off": something passes away from you. This helps with pain, a headache, or bad weather becoming weaker and then disappearing. Compared with "wear off," this one feels more like the unpleasant thing itself is fading away.
例文
The headache passed off after I drank some tea.
お茶を飲んだら頭痛は次第に治まった。
By dawn, the storm had passed off and the sailors could return to the harbor.
夜明けまでに嵐は過ぎ去り、船員たちは港に戻れた。
pass off の語源・成り立ち Etymology
pass はラテン語 passus「歩み」から古フランス語 passer を経て「通る、通す」の意に。off は「離れて」。別物として通してしまう感覚からこの義が生じた。
Pass comes from Latin passus, meaning "step," and reached English through Old French passer with the sense of "go by" or "let go through." Off means "away" or "separate from." The idea of passing something away from its true form helped create the meaning of presenting it as something else.
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