H. Mack Horton訳のTale of Genjiを読んでいます。今日取り上げる単語は七帖 紅葉賀(The Fall Foliage Celebration)からです。
Since Fujitsubo was with child and unable to see the procession, the Kiritsubo Emperor arranged for her to see a rehearsal at the Seiryoden Palace. The beauty and grace with which Genji and To no Chujo danced "Waves of the Blue Sea" was met with unalloyed admiration by all save Fujitsubo who, beloved of the Emperor but carrying Genji's child, was assailed by very conflicting emotion.
"alloy" に合金の意味があるのは知っていますが、"unalloyed" となると何でしょう。
・Oxford English Dictionary: not mixed with anything else, such as negative feelings: unalloyed joy
・Collins Dictionary: If you describe a feeling such as happiness or relief as unalloyed, you are emphasizing that it is a strong feeling and no other feeling is involved.: ...an occasion of unalloyed joy.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: (especially of a positive feeling) not spoiled by any amount of negative feeling; pure: We had the perfect holiday - two weeks of unalloyed bliss.
混じりけのない純粋な感情に使うのですね。
Since Fujitsubo was with child and unable to see the procession, the Kiritsubo Emperor arranged for her to see a rehearsal at the Seiryoden Palace. The beauty and grace with which Genji and To no Chujo danced "Waves of the Blue Sea" was met with unalloyed admiration by all save Fujitsubo who, beloved of the Emperor but carrying Genji's child, was assailed by very conflicting emotion.
"alloy" に合金の意味があるのは知っていますが、"unalloyed" となると何でしょう。
・Oxford English Dictionary: not mixed with anything else, such as negative feelings: unalloyed joy
・Collins Dictionary: If you describe a feeling such as happiness or relief as unalloyed, you are emphasizing that it is a strong feeling and no other feeling is involved.: ...an occasion of unalloyed joy.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: (especially of a positive feeling) not spoiled by any amount of negative feeling; pure: We had the perfect holiday - two weeks of unalloyed bliss.
混じりけのない純粋な感情に使うのですね。
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