プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
とう【問う】
❶〔尋ねる〕ask about
人の安否を問う
inquire after a person's well-being／ask whether a person is safe
その問題について賛否を問うべきだ
We should put the question to a vote.
彼の意図を問う
ask his intentions／ask him what he intends to do
❷〔追及する〕
過去のことを問われても困る
There's no point in blaming me for what I did in the past.
事故の責任を問われて社長は辞職した
「Called to account [Held responsible] for the accident, the president resigned.
男は傷害罪に問われた
The man was 「charged with [accused of] assault and battery.
❸〔問題にする〕 ((否定文で用いる))
経験は問いません
〔広告で〕No experience (is) necessary [required].／Experience unnecessary.
年齢を問わずだれでもできるスポーツです
It is a sport anyone can play regardless [《文》 irrespective] of age.
値段は問わないからぜひ手に入れてくれ
Get it for me, whatever it costs.
気立てさえよければ美醜は問わない
It doesn't matter whether she is beautiful or not as long as she is good-natured.
問うに落ちず語るに落ちる
彼は問うに落ちず語るに落ちた
He kept the secret stubbornly while being interrogated [questioned], but, in an unguarded moment, he let it slip out.