目を背ける – Vocabulary details

目めを背そむける

Expression

Verb (1-dan)

1. to look away (from); to avert one's gaze

とっさに目めを背そむけたくなるのをこらえた。I held back the sudden urge to look away.

2. to disregard; to ignore

わかっていたのに、目めを背そむけていただけだ。I knew all along; I was just ignoring it.

3. to escape (from); to turn away (from)

彼かれは自じ分ぶんの弱よわさから目めを背そむけてきた。He has always turned away from his own weaknesses.

eye

back of the body

eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice

to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)

わかっていたのに、目めを背そむけていただけだ。

I knew all along; I was just ignoring it.

彼かれは恥はずかしそうに目めを背そむける。

He looks away shyly.

現げん実じつから目めを背そむけてはいけませんよ？

You mustn't turn away from reality, you know.

その現げん実じつからは目めを背そむけたくはない。

I do not want to look away from that reality.

とっさに目めを背そむけたくなるのをこらえた。

I held back the sudden urge to look away.

彼かれは自じ分ぶんの弱よわさから目めを背そむけてきた。

He has always turned away from his own weaknesses.

正せい確かくには、いままで目めを背そむけていた事じ実じつが前ぜん面めんに現あらわれる。

To be precise, the facts that have been ignored until now come to the forefront.

思おもわず目めを背そむけた先さきに、一ひと筋すじの煙けむりが立たっている。

Where I involuntarily averted my gaze, a single wisp of smoke was rising.

キツいこと言いうけど、事じ実じつから目めを背そむけてはいけない。

I'm being harsh, but you must not look away from the facts.

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