東野圭吾の小説 "New Comer" を読んでいます。
'If you saw them together, you'd know what I'm talking about,' declared a grizzled male employee of the club in a black suit. 'Yuri was Mr Kiyose's favourrite girl - no doubt about that - but I don't think he had designs on her. He enjoyed talking to her. How can I put it? He behaved more like a dad with his daughter.'
YuriはKiyoseの好みの若い女性とありますが、"he had designs on her" となると単に好みがあるあるだけではなく、何らかの意図があるようですが、辞書を見ます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: (formal or humorous) to want to start a sexual relationship with somebody: He was quite aware of her marital designs on him.
・Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary: If one person has designs on another, the first person wants to have a sexual relationship with the second.: The colonel had designs on Greg's wife.
・Merriam-Webster: to want to date or have a sexual relationship with (someone): You can deny it all you want, but I think it's pretty obvious that you have designs on her.
'If you saw them together, you'd know what I'm talking about,' declared a grizzled male employee of the club in a black suit. 'Yuri was Mr Kiyose's favourrite girl - no doubt about that - but I don't think he had designs on her. He enjoyed talking to her. How can I put it? He behaved more like a dad with his daughter.'
YuriはKiyoseの好みの若い女性とありますが、"he had designs on her" となると単に好みがあるあるだけではなく、何らかの意図があるようですが、辞書を見ます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: (formal or humorous) to want to start a sexual relationship with somebody: He was quite aware of her marital designs on him.
・Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary: If one person has designs on another, the first person wants to have a sexual relationship with the second.: The colonel had designs on Greg's wife.
・Merriam-Webster: to want to date or have a sexual relationship with (someone): You can deny it all you want, but I think it's pretty obvious that you have designs on her.
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