cant helpとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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動詞

can't help (三人称単数 現在形 can't help, no 現在分詞, 過去形 couldn't help, no 過去分詞)

1. (idiomatic) Be unable to avoid a situation, or stop something from happening.

   I can't help crying whenever I see "Romeo and Juliet".

使用する際の注意点

• Only negative forms of can help have this meaning of cannot avoid.

  No one can help laughing when he comes on stage.

• Can help can have the meaning of be able to avoid only when the context has already established the use of can't help.

  • A: I can't help being scared.
  • B: Of course you can help it.

• This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund or, with but, the bare infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs.

  I can't help agreeing with you.

  I can't help but agree with you.

アナグラム

• planchet