c. 1300, from Old French ire "anger, wrath, violence" (11c.), from Latin ira "anger, wrath, rage, passion," from PIE root *eis- (1), forming various words denoting "passion" cognates: Greek hieros "filled with the divine, holy," oistros "gadfly," originally "thing causing madness;" Sanskrit esati "drives on," yasati "boils;" Avestan aesma "anger;" Lithuanian aistra "violent passion").
Old English irre in a similar sense is from an adjective irre "wandering, straying, angry," cognate with Old Saxon irri "angry," Old High German irri "wandering, deranged," also "angry;" Gothic airzeis "astray," and Latin errare "wander, go astray, angry" (see err (v.)).
(cognates: Avestan ae?ma- "anger," Lithuanian aistra "violent passion," Latin ira "anger")
例文
1. Objective : To explore the regulatory mechanism of iron responsive element binding protein ( IRE ? BP）in iron metabolism.
目的：鉄代謝平衡における鉄効果素子結合タンパク質（ IRE -BP）の調節機構を探索する。
2.Their ire was directed mainly at the government.
彼らの怒りは主に政府を指している。
3.Michael shifted uneasily in his chair. Ire looked at his older brother.
マイケルは椅子の中を不安げに何度か移動し、自分の兄を見つめていた。
4.Had I attended to the suggestions of pride and ire I should immediately have left him.
プライドと怒りに従うと、すぐに彼から離れます。
5.The boy got ire to the athletic school after a special test.