abide

Meaning

1. To accept and act in accordance with a rule, decision, or agreement. 2. To tolerate or endure. 3. To remain or live in a place.

Examples

All members must abide by the rules.

会員は全員、規則を守らなければならない。

I cannot abide dishonesty.

私は不誠実さには耐えられない。

They abode in the village for many years.

彼らは長年その村に住んでいた。

Notes (Japanese)

規則・決定・合意には通常 abide by を用いる。cannot abide は「~に耐えられない」の意。「とどまる・住む」の意味は文語的・古風で、過去形には abode がよく用いられる。

Notes (English)

Usually used in abide by for rules, decisions, and agreements. Cannot abide means “cannot tolerate.” The sense “remain; live” is literary or archaic, and its past form is often abode.

補足（日本語）

規則・決定・合意には通常 abide by を用いる。cannot abide は「~に耐えられない」の意。「とどまる・住む」の意味は文語的・古風で、過去形には abode がよく用いられる。

補足（英語）

Usually used in abide by for rules, decisions, and agreements. Cannot abide means “cannot tolerate.” The sense “remain; live” is literary or archaic, and its past form is often abode.

活用・変化形

abidesabode / abidedabidedabiding

よく使われる組み合わせ (コロケーション)

abide by the rules
abide by a decision
cannot abide dishonesty