プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
よそ【余▲所・▲他▲所】
❶〔他の場所〕 ((at, in)) some other place
あの男はどこかよそで見掛けたことがある
I have seen that man somewhere before.
彼への贈り物はどこかよそで買いましょう
Let's buy his present 「somewhere else [at some other store/elsewhere].
よそに泊まる
sleep 「away from home [out]／stay with someone
今日はよそで食事をしてくる
I'm going to eat out today.
❷〔わきの方〕
あいつは私が話す間よそを向いていた
He looked away while I was talking.
❸〔他人〕
よその子
someone else's child
よその国
a foreign country
よそ様のことは気にするな
Don't worry about other people's business.
赤ん坊をよそに預けて仕事をしている
She leaves her baby in the care of another woman while she works.
❹〔顧みないこと〕
両親の心配［仕事］をよそにして彼は自動車レースに夢中になった
「Ignoring his parents' concern [Neglecting his work], he became absorbed in auto racing.
皆の騒ぎをよそに，彼は小説に読みふけっていた
Indifferent to everybody's excitement, he went right on reading his novel.