- 擲つ
- なげうつ【投げうつ, 擲つ】*sacrifice|他|〖D〗 (命・人生など)を〔…のために/…するために〕犠牲にする, 投げうつ〔to, for/to do〕
sacrifice one's money for a principle 主義のために財産を投げうつ.
* * *なげうつ【擲つ】throw away 《one's advantages》; abandon [give up] 《an attempt》; relinquish 《a plan》; resign (from) 《(one's) office》; renounce 《one's title》; lay [toss] aside 《one's work》; lay down 《one's life》.●私財をなげうつ give away all one's property
・一命をなげうって at the cost [sacrifice, risk] of one's life.
●彼は公職をなげうって野に下った. He gave up public service and took a job in the private sector.
・彼女はすべてをなげうってその仕事に専念した. She devoted herself [all her energies] to the job.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.