You've been infatuated with him since day one.
You've been infatuated with him since day one.
(あなた最初から彼にぞっこんだもんね)
NHKラジオ「ラジオ英会話」より。バレンタインのカードが机に置いてあったのを見つけた女性と同僚の会話。「例のあの人からじゃないの~?」と冷やかしながらの同僚のセリフ。
- "from/since day one"=「初めから、初日から(from the very beginning, from the first day)」という表現が面白い。
- We were told from day one that the army will not tolerate racism.(freedictionary)tolerate:大目にみる、黙って許す
- You haven't done anything right since day one! You're fired!(freedictionary)
- She was unhappy with her new car from day one.(freedictionary)
- I told you from day one that this would never work.(Macmillan)
- We've known this about the project since/from Day One.(Merriam)
- The new governor will start implementing these changes on day one. [=the first day of the governor's term](Merriam) ※from や since を伴わなくても day one=the first day の意味で使える。
- ちなみに be infatuated with~ で「~に夢中になって、熱を上げて(filled with foolish or very strong love or admiration/having a very strong feeling of love or attraction for somebody/something so that you cannot think clearly and in a sensible way)」という意味になる。
- He was infatuated with his teacher.(Merriam)
- She became infatuated with the charms of city life.(Merriam)
- She was completely infatuated with him.(Oxford)
- He’s behaving like an infatuated teenager.(Oxford)
- John had become infatuated with the French teacher.(Longman)