"Fifteen" の昨日の場面の続きです。 JaneはStanと街のレストランへ行くことを夕食のテーブルでやっと切り出します。
'Good luck,' said Julie, not sounding at all hopeful.
And so that evening at the dinner table, when her father was enjoying a second helping of strawberry shortcake, Jane said casually, 'Stan is taking me to the city for dinner Saturday. I think I'll wear my grey suit.' Then she braced herself for the inevitable.
動詞 + onself の表現はこれまでに次ぎの連語を取り上げましたが、共通して精神的、気持ち的な意味を持っているようです。
"pull oneself together" Ref. http://blog.alc.co.jp/blog/3302827/archive/2011/03/9
"kid oneself about" Ref. http://blog.alc.co.jp/blog/3302827/archive/2010/10/7
"collect oneself" Ref. http://blog.alc.co.jp/blog/3302827/archive/2007/6/15
"apply oneself" Ref. http://blog.alc.co.jp/blog/3302827/archive/2007/4/17
そうすると、上の引用文最後にある "braced herself for" も親の反対に対して気構えていると推測しますが辞書で確認します。
・McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs:
1. Lit. to hang onto something or prop oneself against something in preparation for something that might cause one to fall, blow away, wash away, etc. Hold onto the rail. Brace yourself. Here comes another huge wave.
2. Fig. to prepare for the shock or force of something. Brace yourself for a shock. As the boat leaned to the right, I braced myself for whatever might happen next.
例文を載せた辞書は上の一つだけでしたが、 WordNet 3.0は意味と同意語を次ぎの様に示していました。
"brace oneself for": prepare mentally or emotionally for something unpleasant: prepare for, steel oneself against, steel onself for
"brace oneself for" は余り経験したい事ではありませんが、これからも何度か経験するのでしょうね。
'Good luck,' said Julie, not sounding at all hopeful.
And so that evening at the dinner table, when her father was enjoying a second helping of strawberry shortcake, Jane said casually, 'Stan is taking me to the city for dinner Saturday. I think I'll wear my grey suit.' Then she braced herself for the inevitable.
動詞 + onself の表現はこれまでに次ぎの連語を取り上げましたが、共通して精神的、気持ち的な意味を持っているようです。
"pull oneself together" Ref. http://blog.alc.co.jp/blog/3302827/archive/2011/03/9
"kid oneself about" Ref. http://blog.alc.co.jp/blog/3302827/archive/2010/10/7
"collect oneself" Ref. http://blog.alc.co.jp/blog/3302827/archive/2007/6/15
"apply oneself" Ref. http://blog.alc.co.jp/blog/3302827/archive/2007/4/17
そうすると、上の引用文最後にある "braced herself for" も親の反対に対して気構えていると推測しますが辞書で確認します。
・McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs:
1. Lit. to hang onto something or prop oneself against something in preparation for something that might cause one to fall, blow away, wash away, etc. Hold onto the rail. Brace yourself. Here comes another huge wave.
2. Fig. to prepare for the shock or force of something. Brace yourself for a shock. As the boat leaned to the right, I braced myself for whatever might happen next.
例文を載せた辞書は上の一つだけでしたが、 WordNet 3.0は意味と同意語を次ぎの様に示していました。
"brace oneself for": prepare mentally or emotionally for something unpleasant: prepare for, steel oneself against, steel onself for
"brace oneself for" は余り経験したい事ではありませんが、これからも何度か経験するのでしょうね。
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