sincereの意味・使い方・発音

sincere

英 [sɪn'sɪə] 美 [sɪn'sɪr]

sincere (adj.): 1530s, "pure, unmixed," from Middle French sincere (16c.), from Latin sincerus, of things, "whole, clean, pure, uninjured, unmixed," figuratively "sound, genuine, pure, true, candid, truthful," of uncertain origin. Ground sense seems to be "that which is not falsified." Meaning "free from pretense or falsehood" in English is from 1530s.

There has been a temptation to see the first element as Latin sine "without." But there is no etymological justification for the common story that the word means "without wax" (*sin cerae), which is dismissed out of hand by OED and others, and the stories invented to justify that folk etymology are even less plausible. Watkins has it as originally "of one growth" (i.e. "not hybrid, unmixed"), from PIE *sm-ke-ro-, from *sem- "one" (see same) + root of crescere "to grow" (see crescent).

1. I got this phone call from a gentleman，who seemed sincere enough.: という電話は紳士からかかってきたもので、彼はとても誠実なようだ。

2. Sincere performances and gritty Boston settings add to the film 's realism.: 誠実な演技とボストンという背景都市のリアルな描写が映画のリアリズム色を加えた。

3.All the well-meant， sincere advice is largey wasted on him.: 彼はすべての善意、真摯な提案にほとんど無関心だった。

4.There was a sincere expression of friendliness on both their faces.: 彼ら2人の顔には真摯で友好的な表情がにじみ出ている。

5.Primo de Rivera himself was a benevolent and sincere paternalist.: プリモ?デリビラ本人は慈悲深く誠実な家長的人物だ。