43. as many / as few
基本表現と解説
- We worked at the oars for fifteen minutes; it seemed to me as many hours. 「十五分間櫂を漕いだが、わたしには十五時間に思えた」
as many / as few は先行する数を示す語の反覆を避けるために使う。
例文1
General Victor, with 4000 French and as many Lombards, advanced upon the route of Imola.
John Gibson Lockhart, The History of Napoleon Buonaparte
ヴィクトル将軍は四千のフランス人と四千のロンバルディア人を率いてイモラの路を進軍した。
例文2
Although men are accused for not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps as few know their own strength.
Jonathan Swift, "Thoughts on Various Subjects"
人は自分の短所を知らないと非難されるが、自分の長所を知らない者も同様に少ない。
例文3
"What! You have no money at the banker's!"
"A few hundreds, when I want as many thousands."
Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White
「なに！ 銀行に金がない！」
「二三千ポンドほしいのに二三百ポンドしかない」
