思いとどまる， 思い止まる， 思い留まる， おもいとどまる
1. to give up (an idea or plan), to abandon, to refrain from (doing), to change one's mind
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彼女を説得してこのばかな計画を思いとどまらせなければならない。
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We must talk her out of this foolish plan.
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彼女は初めての小説を出版するのを思いとどまった。
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She was discouraged from publishing her first novel.
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彼らは彼女が長い髪を切ることを思いとどまらせた。
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They dissuaded her from cutting her long hair.
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怒鳴りつけたかったが思いとどまった。
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He was about to explode, but checked himself.
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私は妹が暴走族のリーダーと付き合うのを思いとどまらせた。
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I discouraged my sister from going out with the leader of the pack.
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私は彼女にスキーを思いとどまらせた。
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I argued her out of going skiing.
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私の両親は私が一人旅するのを思いとどまらせた。
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My parents discouraged me from traveling alone.
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桂子の両親は彼女を説き伏せて彼とのデートを思いとどまらせた。
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Keiko's parents talked her out of dating him.
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環境汚染についての恐れは、人々に発電所の近くに家を建てることを思いとどまらせた。
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Fear of pollution discouraged people from building homes near power plants.
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雨になりそうだったので、私は彼が泳ぎに行くのを思いとどまらせた。
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I discouraged him from going swimming since it looked like it was going to rain.
I discouraged him from going swimming as it was likely to rain.
I discouraged him from going swimming because it looked like it was going to rain.
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