238. more than ever before
基本表現と解説
- I am puzzled more than ever.
- I am puzzled more than before.
- I am puzzled more than ever before.
いずれも「ますます合点がいかない」。more の位置を変えて次のように言ってもおなじ。
- I am more puzzled than ever.
- I am more puzzled than before.
- I am more puzzled than ever before.
例文1
I was more than ever astounded, and could no longer doubt that what I had heard was an actual reality, and not a delusion.... told me.
J. E. Muddock, Stories Weird and Wonderful
わたしはますます驚き、聞いた話は妄想ではなく確かな事実だと認めざるをえなかった。
例文2
Not seldom, she would laugh anew, and louder than before, like a thing incapable and unintelligent of human sorrow.
Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
彼女はしばしば人間の悲しみなど感じることも理解することもできないかのように以前よりも声高に笑うのだった。
例文3
Even Lionel forgot to be jealous, and admired her more than he ever had before.
Charlotte M. Braeme, Dora Thorne
ライオネルさえ嫉妬することを忘れて前よりも彼女を賛美した。
