- きりすてる
- [切り捨てる] round down[他](数)を〔…に〕切り捨てる〔to〕(⇔round up).¶→小数点以下を切り捨てる切捨てる
切り捨てる
to truncate
to cut down
to omit
to discard
to slay
to cast away* * *きりすてる【切り捨てる】round down[他](数)を〔…に〕切り捨てる〔to〕(⇔round up).¶ → 小数点以下を切り捨てる* * *きりすてる【切り捨てる】1 〔切って捨てる〕 cut off and throw away; 〔殺す〕 cut sb down and give the person no further thought; think nothing of cutting down.●端を切り捨てる cut off the end 《of a banana》
・大根の葉を切り捨てる cut off and throw away the leaves of a daikon
・一刀の下に切り捨てる cut down with one stroke of the sword.
2 〔捨てて顧みない〕 abandon; forsake; sacrifice; throw to the wolves; disregard.●少数意見を切り捨てる disregard a minority opinion
・弱者を切り捨てる abandon [forsake, sacrifice] the weak [underprivileged]; throw the weak [underprivileged] to the wolves
・社会から切り捨てられる be abandoned by [cut off from] society.
●彼は「オリンピックは金持ちの祭典だ」と切り捨てた. “The Olympics are a festival for the wealthy,” he said dismissively.
3 【数】 〔端数を〕 discard [drop, disregard] 《fractions》; round down 《a value》.●小数第 2 位以下を切り捨てる discard [drop, disregard] all numbers after the first decimal place
・1 の位を切り捨てる disregard units.
●100 円未満の端数は切り捨てる. Any fractional sum (of) less than \100 is disregarded.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.