Pygmalion

Question 1

shun

Aphrodite would not let him shun women for ever.

Answer 1

(…を)(いつも決まって)避ける

Question 2

foam

… you might still catch sight of a beautiful woman, sailing over the sea foam in a giant conch shell.

Answer 2

(液体表面にできる白い小さな)泡(の塊)、泡沫(ほうまつ)

Question 3

conch shell

… you might still catch sight of a beautiful woman, sailing over the sea foam in a giant conch shell.

Answer 3

螺貝

Question 4

demigods

He was a sculptor and he used to carve statues of the gods and demigods who frequented the island.

Answer 4

(神話などの)半神半人

Question 5

frequented

He was a sculptor and he used to carve statues of the gods and demigods who frequented the island.

Answer 5

〈場所に〉しばしば行く，よく行く[集まる].

Question 6

eccentricities

Pygmalion had some eccentricities.

Answer 6

(服装・行動などの)風変わり、 奇抜

Question 7

Temperamental

Temperamental, sissy, narcissistic – yuck he thought!

Answer 7

神経質な、気まぐれな、怒りっぽい

Question 8

sissy

Temperamental, sissy, narcissistic – yuck he thought!

Answer 8

いくじなし、弱虫

Question 9

yuck

Temperamental, sissy, narcissistic – yuck he thought!

Answer 9

[嫌悪・拒絶などを表わして] オエッ!, ゲーッ!, ウヘーッ!

Question 10

pedestal

If he was going to put anybody or anything on a pedestal, it would be a statue.

Answer 10

(円柱・胸像・花瓶などの)台、脚、台座

Question 11

lingering

Occasionally he would find that his eyes were lingering on one of those female forms.

Answer 11

なごり惜しそうな、未練そうな

Question 12

auburn hair

And he could not help wondering at her wavy auburn hair, …

Answer 12

赤褐色の髪

Question 13

ticking off

“Listen now Pygmalion,” she said, ticking him off. “You are dishonouring me by refusing to love a woman.

Answer 13

〈人を〉たしなめる.

Question 14

dishonouring

“Listen now Pygmalion,” she said, ticking him off. “You are dishonouring me by refusing to love a woman.

Answer 14

〈人の〉名誉を汚す，〈人に〉恥辱を与える.

Question 15

famously

Aphrodite was famously open to flattery and she smiled at his suggestion.

Answer 15

すてきに，りっぱに.

Question 16

flattery

Aphrodite was famously open to flattery and she smiled at his suggestion.

Answer 16

おべっか、お世辞、甘言

Question 17

stay of execution

I shall give you a stay of execution.

Answer 17

執行停止

Question 18

marvelled

The sculptor marvelled at his wonderful creation.

Answer 18

驚き入る.

Question 19

pebbles

When he went out for walks, she was always on his mind, and he searched for presents for her. Smooth pebbles, winding shells, and wild flowers.

Answer 19

(水の作用で丸くなった、 海浜・川床にある)小石、 小さな玉石

Question 20

draped

He draped her in lovely dresses.

Answer 20

ゆるやかにかける、 優美にまとう

Question 21

scorned

Aphrodite saw all of this, and she laughed at the sculptor who scorned all women and who yet, had fallen in love with one, or the idea of one, sprung from his own imagination and craft.

Answer 21

軽蔑、 さげすみ、 あざけり

Question 22

sprung

Aphrodite saw all of this, and she laughed at the sculptor who scorned all women and who yet, had fallen in love with one, or the idea of one, sprung from his own imagination and craft.

Answer 22

springの過去形・過去分詞

〈人が〉〔…から〕突然姿を現わす

Question 23

Incense

Incense burnt on the altar of love in the temple.

Answer 23

香、香料、香のかおり、芳香

Question 24

altar

Incense burnt on the altar of love in the temple.

Answer 24

(教会堂の)祭壇、供物台

Question 25

figment

Only a statue or a figment of the imagination can attain perfection.

Answer 25

作り事、虚構

Question 26

attain

Only a statue or a figment of the imagination can attain perfection.

Answer 26

獲得する、到達する