プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
へる【経る】
❶〔時がたつ〕pass；《文》 elapse ⇒たつ（経つ）
１か月を経ても音沙汰(さた)がない
A month has passed [elapsed] and we have had no news.
なす事もなく日を経る
spend [pass] one's days in idleness
事故以来３年を経た
It has been three years since the accident.
２年を経て彼らは結婚した
They got married 「two years later [after two years].
❷〔通過する〕pass [go] through
京都を経て大阪へ行く
go to Osaka by way of Kyoto
インドを経て中近東へ行く
go to the Near East via India
❸〔過程を通る〕
書類は課長を経て重役に渡される
All documents pass through the hands of the section heads before they reach the director.
許可が下りるまでには複雑な手続きを経なければならない
You have to go through complicated formalities before you (can) get a permit.
❹〔経験する〕
多くの困難を経てようやく成功した
After experiencing [going through] many difficulties, he finally succeeded.