► 名詞
説 [(1)せつ] meaning: theory rank: 2
☆ ケネディ暗殺の陰謀説 ⇨ The Kennedy assasination conspiracy theory
☆ 宇宙はビッグバンで始まったとする説が有力だ ⇨ The theory that the universe started with a big bang is dominant
More examples:
- 後で詳しく説明します ⇨ I will explain to you in details later
- 彼の演説を聴いて何か感想はありますか？ ⇨ Do you have any thoughts after listening to his speech?
- 私は彼の説得を諦めた ⇨ I gave up persuading him
- 説明を求められて彼は口籠った ⇨ He just mumbled when asked for an explanation
- どういうことか説明してもらえますか？ ⇨ Could you explain what this is about, how things are?
- この小説は私がずっと温めてきたものだ ⇨ This novel is something I have been warming, developing, for a long time (without publishing)
- それは俗説で、科学的証拠は全く無い ⇨ That’s just a popular theory, urban legend, and there is absolutely no scientific proof
- 説明会では質疑の場を設けます ⇨ We will have an opportunity to ask questions during the presentation
- この製品の取扱説明書はすごく不親切だ ⇨ The user manual of this product is very unfriendly to users, very hard to understand, not helpful at all
- 彼は伝説の剛腕投手だ ⇨ He was a legendary flame-thrower
- 彼女は彼に諦めるように説得した ⇨ She (tried to) persuaded him into giving up
- その小説は以前に書かれた小説をパクったものだ ⇨ That novel is copied, plagiarized, from the one written some time ago
- 説明を聞いたがよく分からなかった ⇨ I listened to the explanation but I didn’t really understand
- その小説は劇化された ⇨ The novel was made into a drama
- 怪奇小説 ⇨ A horror, supernatural, novel