eulogise 復習
Donald Trump grabbed the page with his right hand and showed it to the audience. “You know, this was going to be my remarks. It would have taken about two minutes but …” He tossed the sheet into the air then ducked as it came fluttering down, waving his hands with contempt. …
Thursday saw his fourth visit to West Virginia, where he beat Hillary Clinton in a landslide and where he could eulogise “clean, beautiful coal” and expound conspiracy theories about migrants and rape without fear of contradiction. Senator Shelley Moore Capito praised him as “an incredible listener”. State governor Jim Justice said: “I love him with all my heart, and I’ll support him to the death. He’s a great man.” (Skip the rest)
今回取り上げる語は、eulogise /juː.lə.dʒaɪz/ です。米国英語では eulogize /júːlədʒὰɪz/ となります。私自身、出会ったことのない表現であるため、以下で意味等を確認していきます。
まず意味を Cambridge Dictionary でみると、“to praise someone or something in a speech or piece of writing” とあり、LDOCE には “to praise someone or something very much” と定義されていました。
次に語源を ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY でみると、“1753, from eulogy + -ize. Related: Eulogized; eulogizing.” とあり、eulogy を確認すると “mid-15c., from Latin eulogium, from Greek eulogia "praise; good or fine language" (in New Testament, "blessing"), from eu "well" (see eu-) + -logia "speaking" (see -logy). Eu legein meant "speak well of."” とありました。
以上のことから、eulogise は「褒め称える」という意味をもつことがわかりました。(OkaUchi)
