プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
やる【▲遣る】
❶〔送る，行かせる〕send
医者を呼びにやった
We sent for a doctor.
秘書をやって書類を取って来させた
He sent his secretary for the papers.
２人の息子を大学へやるのは大変だった
It was not easy for him to send his two sons to college.
時計は直しにやってあります
My watch has been sent to be repaired.
娘を弁護士のところへ嫁にやった
He married his daughter to a lawyer.
❷〔他の場所へ移す〕
辞書をどこへやった
Where did you put the dictionary?
❸〔向ける〕turn
彼の方に顔をやった
She turned toward(s) him.
入ってきた男に目をやった
I looked at the man who had come in.
❹〔進ませる〕
車に乗り込むと，急いでやってくれと運転手に頼んだ
I got into the cab and asked the driver to drive fast.
❺〔与える〕give
金魚にえさをやりましたか
Have you fed [given food to] the goldfish?
あの子にお駄賃をいくらやったらいいだろうか
How much shall I 「give the boy as a reward [pay the boy] for his trouble?
死んでもおまえにやるものは何もないよ
I've nothing to leave you when I die.
欲しかったらみんなやるよ
You can have them all if you want them.
毎朝植木に水をやる
I water the plants every morning.
❻〔行う〕do
やるべきことはちゃんとやりなさい
Always do what you 「are supposed [have] to do.
よくやったね
Well done!
今宿題をやっている
He is doing his homework now.
やってみたらどうですか
How about trying it?
どんどんやれ
Go on [ahead]!／《口》 Go to it!
うん，やっているね
You are really going hard at it, aren't you?
チェスをやろう
Let's play chess.
この役は誰がやるのか
Who will play this part?
３日もあればやれるでしょう
I think I can finish it in three days.
ドイツ語を週２回やっている
I take lessons in German twice a week.
大学では数学をやりました
〔専攻した〕 《米》 I majored in mathematics at the university.／《英》 I read for a degree in mathematics at the university.
あいつならやりかねない
I wouldn't put anything past him.
❼〔開催する〕hold；〔上演する〕stage
その展覧会はいつやるのですか
When will the exhibition be held?
明日から歌舞伎座で『忠臣蔵』をやります
Chushingura will be staged at the Kabukiza beginning tomorrow.
あの映画館で『風と共に去りぬ』をやっている
Gone with the Wind 「is showing [is on] now at that theater.
❽〔経営する〕keep, run；〔従事する〕 《文》 be engaged ((in))
父は薬屋をやっています
My father keeps [runs] a drugstore.
何の商売をやっている人か
What does he do?／What line of business is he in?
弁護士［医者］をやっている
He practices law [medicine].
❾〔飲む，食う〕
まあ，一杯おやりなさい
Well, how [what] about a drink?／Won't you have a drink?
酒もたばこもやりません
I neither drink nor smoke.
❿〔暮らす〕
そんなわずかな収入ではやっていけない
We can't live [get along] on such a scanty income.
新しい同僚となんとかうまくやっているらしい
She seems to be getting along all right with her new colleagues.
⓫〔「…してやる」の形で，他人のために行う〕
子供たちに本を読んでやった
He read a book for [to] the children.
面白い話を聞かせてやろう
I have an interesting story to tell you.
子供をいすに掛けさせてやった
He helped the child onto a chair.
そいつをたたき出してやれ
Throw him out.
好きなようにさせてやれ
Let him do as he likes.
⓬〔積極的にする〕
絶対に優勝してやる
I intend to win no matter what.