プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
ねらい【狙い】
&fRoman1;〔ねらうこと〕(an) aim
的に［タンカーに］ねらいを定める
aim at 「a target [a tanker]
銃のねらいを定めて撃った
He took aim with his gun and fired.
矢のねらいが大きく［少し］外れた
The arrow 「missed its mark by a mile [just barely missed its mark].
ねらいたがわず弾丸は標的の中心に命中した
He fired and hit the bull's-eye with an unerring aim.／The bullet went straight home to its target.
&fRoman2;〔目的〕an aim
両国の親善がこの会合のねらいだ
Friendship between the two countries is the aim [object] of this meeting.
この寓話のねらいは何ですか
What is this allegory aiming [getting] at?
このコマーシャルは若い女の子にねらいをつけている
This commercial 「is aimed at [targets] young girls.
批評のねらいは実によかった
His criticism 「struck home [hit the mark].
狙い所
それこそがねらい所だ
That is exactly 「the point [what] I am aiming at.
この論文はねらい所がよい
The aim of this essay is very good.
狙い目