プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第３版)の解説
とめる【止める・▲停める】
1 〔停止させる〕stop
- 彼は足を止めて地図を見た
He stopped to take a look at his map. - 旗を振って列車を止めた
He stopped the train by waving a flag. - タクシーを止めてくれ
Flag down a cab [taxi] for me. - 次の角で止めてください〔車の運転者に〕
Please stop at the next corner. - キーと音を立てて車を止めた
He brought his car to a screeching halt. - 車を止める所がない
There is no room to park my car. - 目覚まし時計を止める
turn off an alarm clock
2 〔中断する〕
- テレビを止める
turn off the TV - 水道［ガス］を止める
〔利用者でも供給者でも〕turn off the water [gas]／〔供給を〕cut off the water [gas] supply - 事故のため通行が止められた
Traffic was held up because of the accident.
3 〔抑える〕
- 血を止める
stop [staunch／stem] the bleeding - 痛みを止める
kill the pain - 咳を止める
〔本人が〕stop coughing／〔薬で〕stop a person's cough - みんな息を止めた
Everybody held his breath. - 涙を止めることができなかった
I could not keep [hold] back my tears.
4 〔やめさせる〕stop ((a person from doing)); 〔思いとどまらせる〕((文)) dissuade
- 彼は子供が小猫をいじめるのを止めた
He stopped the children from teasing the kitten. - けんかを止めに入った
He stepped in to stop the quarrel. - 辞職しようとする彼を説得して止めた
I persuaded him not to resign.／I dissuaded him from resigning. - 止めても聞くような人ではない
He's not the sort of person to listen even if we tell him not to do it. - 彼は監視員が止めるのも聞かずに水かさの増した川で泳ぎ始めた
He began to swim in the swollen river, in spite of the watchman's warning.
5 〔禁止する〕forbid ((doing; a person to do)); 〔公的に〕prohibit ((a person from doing))
- 法によりこの品の売買は止められている
The purchase and sale of this article is prohibited by law. - 医者にたばこを止められている
I have been 「ordered not [forbidden] to smoke by the doctor.
とどめる【▲止める・▲留める】
1 〔ある程度に抑える〕
- 被害を最小限にとどめる
hold the damage to a minimum - 経費を10万円以内にとどめること
You must keep the expenses within 100,000 yen. - これは君の胸のうちだけにとどめておいて欲しい
Please keep this to yourself. - 彼の最新作の批評はこれぐらいでとどめておこう
So much for criticism of his latest work. - 彼が候補の一人だとだけ言うにとどめる
Suffice it to say that he is one of the candidates.
2 〔元の形を残す〕
- 子供のころの面影をとどめている
She still retains something of the way she looked as a child. - 森は開発されて原形をとどめていない
The forest has been developed and nothing remains to remind us of what it used to be.
3 〔痕跡を残す〕
- 北極点に足跡をとどめる
「leave one's footprints at [set foot on] the North Pole - 歴史にその名をとどめる
leave one's name in history
4 〔後に残す〕
- 妻子を郷里にとどめて上京した
He went to Tokyo, leaving his family in his hometown.
5 〔引き止める〕
- 帰ろうとする彼をとどめた
As he was leaving, we stopped [((文))detained] him. - 子供を家の中にとどめておく
keep a child inside the house - 辞職しようとする彼をとどめた
We persuaded [((文))prevailed on] him not to resign. - 君を現職にとどめる
We will keep [((文))retain] you in your present position.
やめる【▲止める】
〔終わりにする〕stop ((doing))，((文)) cease ((doing/to do)); 〔断念する〕abandon, give up; 〔終わらせる〕put an end to; 〔契約などを破棄する〕cancel
- 彼が入ってくると，彼らは話をやめた
They stopped talking when he came in. - たばこをやめたほうがよい
You'd better quit [give up] smoking. - 計画したことはどうあってもやめない
I won't abandon [give up] my plan no matter what happens. - 不当な差別はやめるべきだ
Unlawful discrimination should be brought to an end. - この契約はやめることにした
I have decided to cancel this contract. - 先週はどこでやめましたっけ〔授業などで〕
Where did we leave off last week?