declare: [14] To declare something is to make it ‘clear’. English acquired the word from Latin dēclārāre ‘make clear’, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix dē- and clārāre ‘make clear’, a derivative of clārus ‘clear’. => claret, clear
declare (v.)
early 14c., from Old French declarer "explain, elucidate," or directly from Latin declarare "make clear, reveal, disclose, announce," from de- intensive prefix (see de-) + clarare "clarify," from clarus "clear" (see clear (adj.)). Related: Declared; declaring.
例文
1. Which do they want me to do? declare war or surrender?
彼らは私に何をさせたいのか、宣戦布告するのか、それとも投降するのか。
2.His lawyers are confident that the judges will declare Mr Stevens innocent.
スティーブンス氏の弁護士たちは、裁判官が無罪を宣告すると確信している。
3.You may have to declare that you have had an HIV test.
エイズウイルス検査をしたことを宣言する必要があるかもしれません。
4.It 's too early to declare his efforts a success.
彼の努力が成功したと断言するのはまだ早い。
5.The government is ready to declare a permanent ceasefire.