プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
めげる
❶〔ひるむ，気力をくじかれる〕
苦労にめげず少年は立派に育った
Not beaten [discouraged] by hardships, the boy grew into a fine young man.
年にはめげない
I refuse to surrender to age.
寒さにめげずに木々は春の到来を待っている
Undaunted by the cold, the trees are waiting for the coming of spring.
❷〔しょげる〕
ガールフレンドが冷たくなって彼は最近めげている
《口》 He's been down in the dumps lately because his girlfriend has turned cold.