muchlessとは意味・読み方・使い方

出典:『Wiktionary』 (2025/10/19 01:50 UTC 版)

接続詞

much less

(idiomatic) Let alone; to say nothing of.
- 1927-29, M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai, Part I, Chapter xxi:
  
  Of the thing that sustains him through trials man has no inkling, much less knowledge, at the time.
- 1919, Parker Hoysted Fillmore, The Three Citrons:
  
  Why, not even a little bird or a tiny butterfly comes here, much less a human being!
- 1895. M.K. Gandhi, Petition to Natal Legislative Assembly
  
  It is hopeless for him to return to India and expect to earn bread, much less to make a fortune.
- 1886, Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant:
  
  We had not at Chattanooga animals to pull a single piece of artillery, much less a supply train.

使用する際の注意点

The idiomatic construction follows this form:

"not [a small thing], much less [a bigger thing]" – "She was so poor that she had not a single coin, much less the large amount demanded."
"not [to do a small thing], much less [to do a bigger thing]." – "He has broken his ankle. He can not even walk, much less run and jump".

同意語

参照

“much (or still) less”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

lessを含むイディオム	little less than more or less much less no less no less a person than >>代名詞のイディオム
muchを含むイディオム	make much of much as much less much more not much of a >>イディオム一覧 >>形容詞のイディオム


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同意語

参照

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「muchless」のお隣キーワード

muchlessとは 意味・読み方・使い方

研究社 新英和中辞典での「muchless」の意味

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much less

英語イディオム表現辞典での「muchless」の意味

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メール英語例文辞書での「muchless」の意味

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斎藤和英大辞典での「muchless」の意味

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Weblio英和対訳辞書での「muchless」の意味

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Wiktionary英語版での「muchless」の意味

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接続詞

使用する際の注意点

同意語

参照

Weblio例文辞書での「muchless」に類似した例文

much less

「muchless」のお隣キーワード

muchlessとは意味・読み方・使い方

研究社新英和中辞典での「muchless」の意味