擲つ

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.

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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.

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