1660s, "long speech by one person," from French monologue, from Late Greek monologos "speaking alone," from Greek monos "single, alone" (see mono-) + logos "speech, word," from legein "to speak" (see lecture (n.)).
例文
1. Morris ignored the question and continued his monologue .
モリスはこの問題を無視して、彼の長い話を続けた。
2.His actions were accompanied by a rambling monologue .
彼の行動は冗長で曖昧なモノローグを伴っている。
3.He went into a long monologue about life in America.