deem
英検準1級みなす(deem A B)。硬い語
意味
- …と思う(think)
例文
The boy deemed that he cheated in the examination.
その男の子はその試験でカンニングしたことを拒否した。
He deemed it wise to accept the offer.
彼は申し出を受諾することが賢明だと考えた。
As long as we cannot deem it safe, we shouldn't take the risk.
安全だと判断できない以上、危険を冒すべきじゃないんだ。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English dēmen (“to judge; to criticize, condemn; to impose a penalty on, sentence; to direct, order; to believe, think, deem”), from Old English dēman (“to decide, decree, deem”), from Proto-West Germanic *dōmijan, from Proto-Germanic *dōmijaną (“to judge, think”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to set, put”). The word is cognate with Danish and Norwegian Bokmål dømme (“to judge”), Dutch doemen (“to condemn, foredoom”), North Frisian dema (“to judge, recognise”), Norwegian Nynorsk døma (“to judge”), Swedish döma (“to judge, sentence, condemn”), Finnish tuomita (“to judge”). It is also related to doom.