プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
りくつ【理屈】
❶〔論理〕(a) theory; logic；〔道理〕reason
理屈に合った
reasonable／logical
理屈に合わない
unreasonable／illogical
理屈をわきまえた人
a man with good sense／a sensible man
君の言うことは理屈に合わない
What you say does not 「stand to reason [make sense/hold water].
理屈の上ではそうだが実際はそうはいかない
It is true in theory but impossible in reality.
彼の言うことには十分理屈がある
There is 「a lot of truth in [ample logic behind] what he says.
理屈抜きで彼が好きだ
I don't know why, but I like him.／I just like him.
男女関係は理屈では割り切れない
The relationship between man and woman is beyond reason or logic.
❷〔議論〕(an) argument；〔口実〕a pretext ((for))；〔こじつけ〕a strained interpretation
理屈を言う
argue
理屈っぽい人
an argumentative person
彼はすぐわけのわからない理屈をこねだす
He has a habit of putting forward incomprehensible arguments [theories] about everything.
なにかと理屈をつけて
on one excuse [ikskjúːs] [pretext] or another
そんなの理屈にもならない
That's not good enough even for an excuse.
理屈責め
理屈責めにする
use logic to criticize a person／hound a person with cold, hard logic
理屈屋
an argumentative person