プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第３版)の解説
しのびない【忍びない】
⇒しのぶ(忍ぶ)
- 彼女のみじめな様子を見るに忍びなかった
I could not bear to see her in such a miserable state. - 彼の哀願を断るに忍びなかった
「I couldn't bring myself [I couldn't find it in my heart／I didn't have the heart] to refuse his entreaty.