heartless
英 ['hɑːtlɪs]
美 ['hɑrtləs]
英語の語源
- heartless (adj.)
- Old English heortleas "dispirited, dejected;" see heart (n.) + -less. In Middle English with expanded senses "lacking in courage; foolish; listless; half-hearted; sluggish." Sense of "callous, cruel, wanting in kindly feeling" is not certainly attested before Shelley used it in 1816. Literal meaning "lacking a heart, lifeless" (mid-15c.) is rare. Related: Heartlessly; heartlessness. Similar formation in Dutch harteloos, German herzlos.
例文
- 1. It was a heartless thing to do.
- こんなことをするのはあまりにも残酷だ。
- 2.I couldn 't believe they were so heartless .
- 彼らがこんなに無慈悲だとは信じられない。
- 3.What a heartless thing to say！
- そんなことを言うのは情けない！
- 4.You couldn 't be so heartless as to dison him.
- そんなに肝をつぶしてはいけない、彼を認めない。
- 5.The heartless witch cast a spell on the poor little girl.
- 無慈悲な魔女は、孤独で無力な女の子に妖術を施した。
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