目次 |
<同意表現集>「いわゆる」 |
(62)夫はいわゆる大人の赤ちゃんです。
◎ 1) My husband is what is called a grown-up baby.
◎ 2) My husband is what we (or they, you) call a grown-up baby.
◎ 3) My husband is a so-called grown-up baby.
◎ 4) My husband is, as it were, a grown-up baby.
◎ 5) My husband is, so to speak (or ○so to say), a grown-up baby.
[解説]
◎ 1) what is called C:いわゆる C
◎ 2) what we (or they, you) call C(「世間で言うところの」、又は特定の「あなたたちが(私たちが、彼らが)言うところの」という意味)
◎ 3) so-called 名詞:(本当かどうか疑わしいが)いわゆる〜(侮蔑的なニュアンスを持つことが多い)
◎ 4) as it were:いわば(×as it was は不可)
◎ 5) so to speak (or ○so to say):いわば
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