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敬遠, けいえん

  • keien

Definition

noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

  • pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant from him

Definition

  • keeping at a distance

Definition

  • kicking upstairs
  • giving a batter an "intentional walk"

Examples of 敬遠,けいえん in a Sentence

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.
彼はそのバッターを敬遠した。
He walked the batter intentionally.
人前で話すようなことは何によらず彼はいつも敬遠する。
He tends to shy away from anything that involves public speaking.
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.
君は彼を敬遠する方がよい。
You had better keep him at a respectful distance.
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.

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