bateの意味・使い方・発音

bate

英 [beɪt] 美 [bet]

bate (v.1): "to reduce, to lessen in intensity," c. 1300, shortening of abate (q.v.). Now only in phrase bated breath, which was used by Shakespeare in "The Merchant of Venice" (1596).
bate (v.2): c. 1300, "to contend with blows or arguments," from Old French batre "to hit, beat, strike," from Late Latin battere, from Latin batuere "to beat, knock" (see batter (v.)). In falconry, "to beat the wings impatiently and flutter away from the perch." Figurative sense of "to flutter downward" attested from 1580s.

1. Mr Harris and Mrs Bate and three other teachers were there.: ハリス先生、ベト先生、その他の3人の先生が同席しています。

2.The cruel landlord would bate him no rent.

あの無慈悲な地主は彼に家賃を減らそうとしない。

3.Even great scholars like Wang Xianqian and Liang Qichao could not stop the de bate .: 王先謙や梁啓超のような有名な学者でさえ、この論戦を止めることはできない。

4.Until it was time to open the presents，the children had to bate their curiosity.: 子供たちは好奇心を抑えて、プレゼントを開ける時が来るのを待つしかない。

5.Director bate ，change policeman of a sector of an area questioningly.: 局長は激怒し、地域交通警察を質問した。