Carl Sagan · 青ざめた青い点

NASA · 1990

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6 語ハイライト済み

We succeeded in taking that picture, and, if you look at it, you see a dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there — on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. No king has ever held sway over the fate of all beings on this mote of dust. Any attempt to foster delusions of grandeur is challenged by this image. Our pretensions must be tempered by this pale blue dot. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.

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hold sway over

Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. The pretension that we have some privileged position in the universe is challenged by this pale blue dot. No king has ever held sway over the fate of all beings on this mote of dust.

意味

〜を支配する、〜に影響力を持つ

ニュアンス解説

権力・影響力・権威が特定の領域や人々を「支配する」こと。「rule（統治する）」より「見えない力が広く及んでいる」ニュアンスがある。歴史・政治・文学の文脈で使われる格調高い表現。

例文

For centuries, religious doctrine held sway over scientific inquiry.

コロケーションC1

in the aggregate

Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, in the aggregate, occurred on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.

意味

総体として、全体として見ると

ニュアンス解説

個々の要素を合計・統合した全体の観点から見ること。統計・社会科学・哲学の文脈でよく使われるアカデミックな表現。「as a whole」より数量的・分析的なニュアンスがある。

例文

In the aggregate, small daily choices have a massive impact on health outcomes.

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be humbled by

Our planet is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot. Our posturings are humbled by the vastness of the universe.

意味

〜によって謙虚にさせられる

ニュアンス解説

自分より大きな存在・事実・規模に接して、自らの小ささ・限界を悟ること。「humiliated（屈辱を受ける）」とは異なり、「畏敬とともに謙虚さを感じる」という肯定的・精神的なニュアンスがある。

例文

I am truly humbled by the kindness and generosity of this community.

コロケーションC2

foster delusions of

Our planet is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the Universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. The cosmos is also within us. We are a way for the universe to know itself. Any attempt to foster delusions of grandeur must be tempered by this pale blue dot.

意味

〜の妄想を育む・助長する

ニュアンス解説

「foster（育てる）+ delusions（妄想）+ of（〜の）」という組み合わせ。「delusions of grandeur（誇大妄想）」は特に定型表現として重要。根拠のない誇りや優越感を持ち続けること。

例文

Surrounding yourself with only yes-men can foster delusions of infallibility.

コロケーションC2

be tempered by

There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot. Our pretensions must be tempered by this image.

意味

〜によって和らげられる、〜で緩和される

ニュアンス解説

金属の「焼き入れ（tempering）」から。強すぎる感情・主張・行動が別の力によって適度に抑制・調整されること。「be moderated by」より「強くなりながらも均衡を保つ」というニュアンス。

例文

Ambition is good, but it must be tempered by humility and ethical judgment.

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underscore

To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the only home we've ever known.

意味

〜を強調する、〜を際立たせる

ニュアンス解説

「emphasize（強調する）」の同義語だが、よりフォーマルで書き言葉的。下線を引くイメージから重要性を際立たせること。ニュース・研究・政策文書でよく使われる。

例文

These findings underscore the urgent need for policy reform.

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