tout 復習
ライバルの存在がこのような素晴らしい結果をもたらしました。
Rio 2016 / Long-standing rivalry helps swimmers grow
Two swimmers, both born in 1994, battled each other for an Olympic gold medal. It was a historic day for Japanese swimming.
Kosuke Hagino has often referred to “a one-on-one fight against Daiya [Seto]” recently. “One-on-one” is a very common expression, but it was significant because it meant Hagino had become to able to squarely regard Seto as his rival.
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However, Hagino was beaten by Seto at a number of international competitions, including the 2013 world championships. Hagino admitted that he felt like he had a hard time competing against the only Japanese swimmer in his generation who was his equal. That was one reason he lost.
Hagino touted as a swimming prodigy at the competition where he and Seto are believed to have first faced off against each other, when they were third-grade primary school students. At that time, Hagino defeated Seto in the 200-meter individual medley with a huge lead of more than 15 meters.
http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0003132378
萩野選手は天才児と“touted”されていたそうでその頃から瀬戸選手とのライバル関係が生まれてきていることがわかりました。“tout”は『ジーニアス英和辞典』によると「ほめちぎる, 持ち上げる」という意味で「うるさく勧誘する」という意味もあります。LDOCEでは“to praise something or someone in order to persuade people that they are important or worth a lot”とあります。人に強く信じさせるようなニュアンスが入っていることがわかりました。
“tout”を使った別の表現があげられています。何かフランス語と関連があるのかと思い調べてみましたが、私の調べではそこまではよくわかりませんでした。(lua)
