adverse
英 ['ædvɜːs]
美 [ædˈvɚs, ˈædˌvɚs]
- adj.不利な、反対の、敵対的な(名詞adverseness、副詞adverse)
語源
adverse 逆らう接頭辞ad-、行く。根節、転じる。背を向ける。
英語の語源
- adverse (adj.)
- late 14c., "contrary, opposing," from Old French avers (13c., Modern French adverse) "antagonistic, unfriendly, contrary, foreign" (as in gent avers "infidel race"), from Latin adversus "turned against, turned toward, fronting, facing," figuratively "hostile, adverse, unfavorable," past participle of advertere, from ad- "to" (see ad-) + vertere "to turn" (see versus). Related: Adversely.
例文
- 1. Despite the adverse conditions,the road was finished in just eight months.
- いろいろな不利な状況があったにもかかわらず、道路はわずか8ヶ月で完成した。
- 2.Dirt and disease are adverse to the best growth of children.
- 汚れと病気は子供の健全な成長に不利である。
- 3.My sister 's taste in dresses is adverse to my own.
- 妹の服の美的感覚は私とは全く反対です。
- 4.He is adverse to going abroad.
- 彼は出国に反対した。
- 5.Inflation is considered to be undesirable because of its adverse effects on income distribution.
- インフレは、所得分配に悪影響を与えるため有害であると考えられています。
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