gullible
英 ['gʌlɪb(ə)l]
美 ['ɡʌləbl]
語源
騙されやすいglut、gulletと語源的には同じである。
英語の語源
- gullible
- gullible: [19] Gullible is a derivative of the now archaic gull ‘dupe’, itself a verbal use of the noun gull ‘gullible person, simpleton’. This appears to have been a figurative extension of an earlier gull ‘newly hatched bird’ [14], which survived dialectally into the late 19th century, and was itself perhaps a noun use of the obsolete adjective gull ‘yellow’ (borrowed from Old Norse gulr and still extant in Swedish and Danish gul ‘yellow’). Some etymologists, however, derive the noun gull ‘simpleton’ from an obsolete verb gull ‘swallow’ [16], which goes back ultimately to Old French gole, goule ‘throat’ (source of English gullet).
- gullible (adj.)
- 1821, apparently a back-formation from gullibility. Spelling gullable is attested from 1818.
例文
- 1. The swindlers had roped into a number of gullible persons.
- 詐欺師たちは、軽々しく信じる人たちをだまさせてしまった。
- 2.He 's so gullible he 'll believe anything.
- 彼はだまされやすく、何事も信じている。
＜dl>＜dt＞3.What point is there in admitting that the stories fed to the
gullible public were false？
軽信メディアの公衆に不実の報道を提供したことを認めたことに何の意味があるのだろうか。- 4.I 'm so gullible I would have believed him.
- 私はだまされやすいので、彼の話を信じるかもしれません。
- 5.The winders had roped in a number of gullible persons.
- ペテン師たちは、軽信な人たちをだまさせてしまった。
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