がんぜん

[眼前] (⇒めのまえ )

¶我々の～の問題

the problem before us

¶我々の～にトウモロコシ畑が広がっていた

The cornfield spread out before us.

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がんぜん【眼前】

( ⇒ めのまえ )

¶我々の～の問題

the problem before us

¶我々の～にトウモロコシ畑が広がっていた

The cornfield spread out before us.

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がんぜん【眼前】

＝もくぜん¹.

●すぐ眼前で immediately [just, right, directly] in front of one; in front of one's (very) eyes; under one's very nose.

●眼前に展開する open [spread] out before one [one's eyes]; unfold before one [one's eyes]

・眼前に広がる大海原 the immensity of the ocean spread out before one [one's eyes]

・眼前に繰り広げられる熱いプレーに私たちの心も躍った. We were gripped by the intensity of the game that unfolded before our eyes.

・彼の若かったころの姿が眼前にほうふつとする. He comes back before me [my eyes] as he was when he was young. | It brings him back vividly as he was when he was young.

・破滅が彼の眼前に迫っていた. Ruin stared him in the face. | He was on the very verge of ruin.

・眼前に立ちはだかる障壁になすすべもなかった. There was nothing we could do about the obstacle (that stood) in our path.

●眼前の光景 a view before one [one's eyes]

・眼前の敵 an enemy before one [one's eyes]; a visible enemy.