argument
英 ['ɑːgjʊm(ə)nt]
美 ['ɑrɡjumənt]
英語の語源
- argument (n.)
- early 14c., "statements and reasoning in support of a proposition," from Old French arguement "reasoning, opinion; accusation, charge" (13c.), from Latin argumentum "evidence, ground, support, proof; a logical argument," from arguere "to argue" (see argue). Sense passed through "subject of contention" to "a quarrel," a sense formerly attached to argumentation.
例文
- 1. The argument contained herein takes exactly the opposite point of view.
- 本文が持つ論点はまさに逆の立場にある。
- 2.This argument is only too blatantly an alibi for domestic repression.
- この言い訳は完全に国内の弾圧活動のために解放されている。
- 3.Let me now pull together the threads of my argument .
- ここで私の論点を並べてみましょう。
- 4.This argument is untenable from an intellectual，moral and practical standpoint.
- この論点は知性、道徳、現実の観点から見ると、立っていられない。
- 5.Perhaps your force of argument might have made some difference.
- あなたの雄弁が状況を変化させたのかもしれません。