- 例える
- たとえる【例える】〔引きあいに出す, 例を引く〕*compare|他|〖D〗 〖S〗[SVO1 with [to] O2] (人・ことわざなどが)O1(人・物・事)をO2(人・物・事)にたとえる, なぞらえる
Life is often compared to a voyage. 人生はしばしば航海にたとえられる《◆この意味では to が普通だが, 今は with も用いられる》
liken|他|《正式》…を〔…に〕なぞらえる〔to〕Society is likened to a hive of bees. 社会はミツバチの巣にたとえられる.
▲draw an analogy たとえる
assimilate life to a candle 人生をロウソクにたとえる.
* * *たとえる【例える・譬える・喩える】〔なぞらえる〕 compare 《to…》; liken 《to…》; 〔比喩を用いる〕 use a simile [metaphor]; speak figuratively [metaphorically]; 〔寓話化する〕 allegorize.●眠りを死にたとえる compare sleep to death; liken sleep to death; use death as a simile [metaphor] for sleep
・たとえようもない美しさ incomparable beauty
・何にもたとえようがない there is nothing to compare to 《it》; be incomparable [incomparably 《fine》]; beggar description; be indescribable; 《文》 be beyond [past, without] compare
・たとえて言うと figuratively [metaphorically] speaking; so to speak; to use a figure of speech.
●人生はしばしば航海にたとえられる. Life is often compared to [likened to, spoken of as] to a voyage.
・その景色はたとえようもないほど美しい. The scenery is beautiful beyond compare [description].
・たとえてみれば心は迷路だ. The mind is, as it were, a labyrinth. | One could compare the human heart to [speak of the heart as] a maze.
・彼女は花にたとえるとヒマワリかな. If you compared her to a flower, it would be a sunflower. | In terms of flowers, she's a sunflower.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.