プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
きりょう【器量】
❶〔容貌〕one's (personal) appearance; one's looks
器量のよい少女
a good-looking girl
器量のよくない女
a 「plain(-looking) [《米》 homely] woman
器量はまあまあだ
She has passably good looks.
彼女は器量自慢だ
She is proud of her beauty.
❷〔才能〕ability; caliber，《英》 calibre
彼は大臣の器量がある
He has the ability [capacity] to be a minister of state.／He is of ministerial caliber.
彼は政治家としての器量を発揮した
He showed his competence as a statesman.
器量を上げる
彼はそれをすることによって大いに器量を上げた
He gained credit [prestige] by doing it.
勇敢な行いによって器量を上げた
His brave act 「won him credit [raised him in the estimation of the people].
器量を下げる
恋人の面前で器量を下げさせられるなんて
What a trial for a man to lose face [his dignity] in the presence of his girlfriend!
器量人
a person of ability; a person of high caliber
器量負け
彼女は器量負けだった
〔顔立ちがよすぎて〕Her good looks proved to be her ruin.
器量負けをした
〔多才すぎて〕He was too versatile to be successful.／〔才能がありすぎて〕He failed because of an excess of talent.
器量よし
a good-looking [pretty] woman
彼女は器量よしだ
She has good looks.