A MOMENT OF WARの主人公はスペインの内戦に参加するために寒い冬のピレネー山脈を歩いて越えて来たのです。
How had we all got here? Some by boat, some by illegal train-shuttles from France, but most smuggled from Perpignan by lorry. I hadn't known, in my solitary ignorance, that there was this well-organized traffic for volunteers running from London through Paris into Spain. Which was why I'd done the daft thing and come on my own, and even chosen winter to do it. Nonetheless, I heard later that my progress had not gone altogether unnoticed.
インターネットの無い時代なので情報に疎い人間がいても不思議ではありません。文脈からすると、主人公がした "the daft thing" は馬鹿げた事と解釈できそうなので "daft" は "fool" の意味がある様ですが辞書で確認します。
・Macmillan Dictionary:
1. silly and not sensible or reasonable: I think it's a daft idea.
2. crazy: I'm not daft you know. I do remember what it's like to be young.
・Vocabulary.com: Daft means "foolish, wacky, or nutty." like your daft idea of wearing flip-flops to hike through the snow so that you didn't ruin your boots.
When the adjective daft is used, you know something extremely silly or obviously goofy is involved - like setting all your money on fire to keep warm, instead of just using it to buy a coat. Some synonyms for daft are absurd, ridiculous, senseless and idiotic, so if someone calls you "daft," maybe you should rethink what you are trying to accomplish: Is there a better way to do it?
"daft thing" はもちろんしたくはないのですが、これまで何度かしていますね。
How had we all got here? Some by boat, some by illegal train-shuttles from France, but most smuggled from Perpignan by lorry. I hadn't known, in my solitary ignorance, that there was this well-organized traffic for volunteers running from London through Paris into Spain. Which was why I'd done the daft thing and come on my own, and even chosen winter to do it. Nonetheless, I heard later that my progress had not gone altogether unnoticed.
インターネットの無い時代なので情報に疎い人間がいても不思議ではありません。文脈からすると、主人公がした "the daft thing" は馬鹿げた事と解釈できそうなので "daft" は "fool" の意味がある様ですが辞書で確認します。
・Macmillan Dictionary:
1. silly and not sensible or reasonable: I think it's a daft idea.
2. crazy: I'm not daft you know. I do remember what it's like to be young.
・Vocabulary.com: Daft means "foolish, wacky, or nutty." like your daft idea of wearing flip-flops to hike through the snow so that you didn't ruin your boots.
When the adjective daft is used, you know something extremely silly or obviously goofy is involved - like setting all your money on fire to keep warm, instead of just using it to buy a coat. Some synonyms for daft are absurd, ridiculous, senseless and idiotic, so if someone calls you "daft," maybe you should rethink what you are trying to accomplish: Is there a better way to do it?
"daft thing" はもちろんしたくはないのですが、これまで何度かしていますね。
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