英語読解のヒント(58)

58. bow someone in

基本表現と解説

• He bowed me in (out / upstairs / downstairs, etc) with great civility. 「彼は非常に鄭重に頭を下げて、わたしを内へ通し（送り出し / 二階へ通し / 階下へ見送っ）た」

みずから礼をして内に入ったり、外に出る場合は再帰代名詞とともに次のように言う。

• He bowed himself out of the room. 「彼は頭を下げて部屋を出た」

例文1

I saw the station-master bow them into the carriage, and stand, bareheaded, beside the door.

Charles Dickens, "An Engineer's Story"

駅長が頭を下げて彼らを馬車に乗せ、帽子を脱いだままドアの側に立っているのが見えた。

例文2

I took from their sconces two flambeaux, and giving one to Fortunato, bowed him through several suites of rooms to the archway that led into the vaults.

Edgar Allan Poe, "The Cask of Amontillado"

わたしは壁の燭台から二本の松明を取って一本をフォルトゥナトに渡し、礼をしながらいくつもの続きの間を案内し、納骨堂へ行く門のところまで来た

例文3

It certainly did not seem probable that Mr. Watson would maliciously knock over his own chimney, and Lawyer Hackett, who had the case in hand, bowed himself out of the Admiral's cabin convinced that the right man had not been discovered.

Thomas Bailey Aldrich, The Story of a Bad Boy

言うまでもなくワトソン氏が悪意をもって自分の煙突を打ち壊すとは思えない。それでこの事件を引き受けていたハケット氏は、犯人がまだ発見されていないと確信して、頭を下げて提督の小屋を出た

註　註 　convinced 以下は分詞構文。being convinced that... と解する。