many
[](形)(代)(形)(代)
(more{mo:¨r#}; most{moust})
多くの,たくさんの,多数の(通例名詞の前で用いる)(≠few)
Do you have many friends in Europe?
ヨーロッパにはたくさん友達がいますか
She has written many novels and essays
彼女は多数の小説やエッセーを書いている
There were not many children in the park
その公園にはあまり子供がいなかった
Not many people came to the party
パーティーに来た人は多くはなかった(notの後にmanyがくる場合は「(人数が)多くはない」の意)
Many people didn't come to the party
多くの人がパーティーに来なかった(notは動詞にかかるので「多くが…でない」となる)
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a good many ‥
かなり多くの…(goodはmanyの強調)
A good many novels are translated into Japanese every year
かなり多くの小説が毎年日本語に翻訳されている
a great many ‥
非常に多くの…(greatはmanyの強調)
We have seen a great many changes in the past 20 years
私たちはここ20年間で非常に多くの変化を見てきた
as many ‥
(先行する数と)同数の…
He made five mistakes in as many lines
彼は5行に5つの間違いをした(as manyは前出の「5と同数」の意)
as many as ‥
…ほど(多くの),…もの
Bonds hit as many as 73 home runs
ボンズは73本もの本塁打を打った
as many ‥ as ~
~と同数の…,~と同じくらいたくさんの…
I have as many books as he (does)
私は彼と同じくらい多くの本を持っている(×I have books as many as he.)
Read as many books as you can
できるだけたくさんの本を読みなさい
She has twice as many CDs as I
彼女は私の2倍の数のCDを持っている
be one two too many
1つ[2つ]だけ余分である,1人[2人]多い
be one too many for ‥
…の手に余る,…より一枚うわてである
have had one too many
(飲みすぎて)酔っている
how many ‥
いくつの…,…をいくつ(後に続く名詞は必ず複数形)
How many movies do you see a month?
あなたは毎月映画を何本見ますか
like so many ‥
さながら…のように,あたかも…のように
The stars in the night sky look like so many jewels
夜空の星はさながら宝石のようだ
many a ‥
数々の…,非常に多くの…(意味は複数だが単数扱い)
Many a day has passed since she left
彼女が去ってから長い月日が過ぎた
Many is Many's the time (that when) ‥
…したことは何度もある
Many's the time I heard her cry
彼女が泣くのを何度も聞いたことがある
not so as many ‥ as ~
~ほど多くの…はない(as many ‥ as ~の否定形)
I don't have so many friends as Jack
私にはジャックほど多くの友達がいない
so many ‥
[1]そんなに多くの…
Do you have so many shoes?
そんなにたくさんの靴を持ってるの?
(ことわざ)So many men, so many minds
多くの人々がおり,それぞれの考え方は異なる;「十人十色」
[2]同じ数の…
[3]それだけの数の…,ある一定数の…
I've only got so many chocolates to give to you
あげられるチョコレートはこれだけしかないよ.
(1)多数,大勢,たくさん(≠few)
The train was filled with students, but many got off at Kyoto
列車は学生であふれていたが,その多くは京都で降りた
Many in the audience were teenagers
聴衆の多くは十代の若者だった
There are many who speak more than one language
複数の言語を話せる人は多い.
(2)大多数の人たち,庶民,大衆(≠the few)
the rights of the many
一般大衆の権利
a good many
(…のうちの)多数,たくさんのもの[人]
(【of名】)
A good many of the questions were left unanswered
質問のうちの多数のものが答えられないまま残されていた
a great many
(…のうちの)多数,たくさんのもの[人]
(【of名】)
A great many of the accidents could have been avoided
それらの事故のうちの多くは避けられただろう
as many
(前に述べられた数と)同じ数(のもの)
as many again
(前に述べられた数の)2倍
The homework took him only an hour but took me as many again
宿題をするのに彼はほんの1時間ですんだが,私は(その2倍の)2時間かかった
as many as ‥
[1]…と同数の物
I have as many as you
僕は君と同じ数だけ持ってるよ.
[2]…だけ,…だけ全部
You may have as many as you want
欲しいだけあげよう
so many
[1]そんなに多くの物
I don't need so many
そんなにたくさん必要ありません
[2]ある一定数(の物)
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