Word · 単語
敬遠
Reading けいえん
pretending to respect (someone) while in fact staying distant
- 1 pretending to respect (someone) while in fact staying distant, keeping at arm's length, giving a wide berth
- 2 avoiding (something unpleasant), shying away from
- 3 giving (the batter) an "intentional walk"
—
JLPT
—
strokes
#12943
frequency
Not started
Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.
例文 · examples
彼はそのバッターを敬遠した。
He walked the batter intentionally.
君は彼を敬遠する方がよい。
You had better keep him at a respectful distance.
トムはすぐにヒステリーを起こすので、みんなが敬遠する。
Tom loses his temper so easily that everybody avoids him.
麻薬はどんなものでも敬遠しておいたほうがいい。
I think he should stay away from drugs of any sort.
彼は一番大事な問題を敬遠したように思えた。
I felt that he skirted around the most important issues.