amusing
英 [ə'mjuːzɪŋ]
美 [ə'mjuzɪŋ]
- adj. 面白い、愉快な；人を笑わせる
- v.楽しませる；楽しませる；...を喜ばせる（amuseのing形）
英語の語源
- amusing (adj.)
- c. 1600, "cheating;" present participle adjective from amuse (v.). Sense of "interesting" is from 1712; that of "pleasantly entertaining, tickling to the fancy" is from 1826. Noted late 1920s as a vogue word. Amusive has been tried in all senses since 18c. and might be useful, but it never caught on. Related: Amusingly.
例文
- 1. Do not hesitate to laugh at anything you find amusing .
- 笑っていると思ったら笑ってください。
- 2.The book is full of amusing sidelights on his family background.
- 本には彼の家族の背景に関するエピソードがたくさんあります。
- 3.He was witty， amusing and gifted with a sharp business brain.
- 彼は機知に富んでユーモアがあり、鋭いビジネス頭脳を持っている。
- 4.The show is very amusing and the cast are very good.
- 演出が面白く、俳優の演技もすばらしい。
- 5.They recounted amusing stories about their first sexual ex-periences.
- 彼らは彼らが一度目に経験したエピソードを語った。
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