do not burn wellとは 意味・読み方・使い方

But then you have a right to ask me, "How is it that the air and the oxygen do not equally well burn the candle?" If you remember what happened when I put a jar of oxygen over a piece of candle, you recollect there was a very different kind of combustion to that which took place in the air.発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

でもそうなったら、当然こういう疑問が出ていいはずですね：「どうして空気と酸素とで、ロウソクの燃え方がちがうの？」ロウソクに酸素のびんをかぶせたとき、空気中とは燃焼がぜんぜんちがったのを覚えていますね。 - Michael Faraday『ロウソクの科学』