hear of

耳にする、について聞く

人や物の存在を知る、またはそれについて知らせを受ける。

やさしい英語で： To learn that someone or something exists, or receive news about them.

• Have you heard of this band?
• I first heard of the town last year.
• She had never heard of anyone surviving such a fall.

使い方： hear of someone/something (Have you heard of this writer?); hear of someone doing something (I have never heard of him losing a race.)

類義語： learn of, know of

よく使う表現： hear of someone, hear of something

認める、許す

何かを認めたり許したりする。主に拒否を表す文で使う。

やさしい英語で： To accept or allow something, usually used when saying that you refuse to do so.

• She would not hear of it.
• My aunt will not hear of me staying in a hotel.
• He would not hear of any change to the plan.

使い方： will not hear of something (She will not hear of any delay.); will not hear of someone doing something (He would not hear of us paying for dinner.)

類義語： allow, permit, tolerate

反対語： forbid

よく使う表現： not hear of something, not hear of it