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意味・対訳 …かどうか、…か(または…か)、…であろうとなかろうと(いずれにせよ)
- [間接疑問の名詞節を導いて] …かどうか,…か(または…か) 《★【用法】 通例 whether …or… と相関的に用いるが,or not は省略されることがある; 【比較】 if に書き換えられない場合を除き if のほうが一般的》.
- He asked whether he could help.
- 彼は手伝わせてもらえるかと尋ねた 《★【変換】 He said [asked], “Can I help?" と書き換え可能》.
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…かどうか 2つ(またはそれよりも多く)の可能性を取り上げる |
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研究社 新英和中辞典での「whether」の意味 |
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[間接疑問の名詞節を導いて] …かどうか,…か(または…か) 《★【用法】 通例 whether …or… と相関的に用いるが,or not は省略されることがある; 【比較】 if に書き換えられない場合を除き if のほうが一般的》.
The question whether it's possible is interesting. それが可能かどうかはおもしろい問題である 《★【用法】 名詞の後の whether は if に書き換え不可》. Whether through love or duty I don't know, but he has served us well. 愛情からか義務からかわからないがともかく彼は我々によく尽くしてくれた 《★【用法】 前置詞句の前の whether は if に書き換え不可》. |
whether for good or for evil よかれあしかれ. |
whèther or nó | whèther or nót |
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whether something is right or wrong発音を聞く例文帳に追加
良し悪し - EDR日英対訳辞書
I don't know whether or no it's true.=I don't know whether it's true or no.発音を聞く例文帳に追加
事の真偽は知らない. - 研究社 新英和中辞典
whether for good or for evil発音を聞く例文帳に追加
よかれあしかれ. - 研究社 新英和中辞典
whether being awake or asleep発音を聞く例文帳に追加
寝ても覚めても - EDR日英対訳辞書
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Eゲイト英和辞典での「whether」の意味 |
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コア…かどうか2つ(またはそれよりも多く)の可能性を取り上げる
a((他動詞の目的語))
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b《whether to do》…すべきかどうか
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d((主格の補語))
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((前置詞の目的語))
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2((副詞節を導いて))《whether ... or not》…であろうと(なかろうと);《whether A or B》AであろうとBであろうと
語法whetherとif ①whetherとifは主に動詞の目的語節においては互いに置き換えて用いることができ,一般にifの方がwhetherより口語的 ②「前置詞+whether ...」「whether+不定詞」「whether or not」については,「前置詞+if ...」「if+不定詞」「if or not」のようにifの置き換えは不可⇒if6【語法】 |
Wiktionary英語版での「whether」の意味 |
whether
語源
From Middle English whether, whather, from 古期英語 hweþer, hwæþer, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaþar, from Proto-Germanic *hwaþeraz, comparative form of *hwaz (“who”). Cognate with English either, German weder (“neither”), Swedish var, Icelandic hvor (“each of two, which of two”).
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限定詞
whether
- (obsolete) Which of two.
- a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the page number)”, in Fulke Greville, Matthew Gwinne, and John Florio, editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, OCLC 801077108; republished in Albert Feuillerat, editor, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia (Cambridge English Classics: The Complete Works of Sir Philip Sidney; I), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1912, OCLC 318419127:
- But to whether side fortune would have been partial could not be determined.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Ecclesiastes 11:6:
代名詞
whether
- (obsolete) Which of two. [11th–19th c.]
- 1847, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Woodnotes II:
接続詞
whether
- (obsolete) Introduces a direct question between alternatives (often with correlative or).
- 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], OCLC 762018299, (please specify the book of the Bible):
- Indicates doubt between possibilities (usually with correlative or).
- 1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, OCLC 5661828:
- As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, […]. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. […] I do not suppose that it matters much in reality whether laws are made by dukes or cornerboys, but I like, as far as possible, to associate with gentlemen in private life.
- 2012 June 19, Phil McNulty, “England 1–0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport:
- The incident immediately revived the debate about goal-line technology, with a final decision on whether it is introduced expected to be taken in Zurich on 5 July.
- 2013 July 20, “Old soldiers?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
- Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless. One thing that is true, though, is that murder rates have fallen over the centuries, as policing has spread and the routine carrying of weapons has diminished.
- Without a correlative, introduces a simple indirect question.
- Do you know whether he's coming?
- Introduces a disjunctive adverbial clause qualifying the main clause (with correlative or).
使用する際の注意点
- Traditional grammar classifies senses 2 and 3 as whether heading a noun clause, but classifies sense 4 as whether heading an adverbial clause.
- There is some overlap in usage between senses 2 and 3, in that a yes-or-no interrogative content clause can list the two possibilities explicitly in a number of ways:
- Do you know whether he’s coming or staying?
- Do you know whether he’s coming or not?
- Do you know whether or not he’s coming?
- Further, in the first two of these examples, the “or staying” and “or not” may be added as an afterthought (sometimes indicated in writing with a comma before), such that the whether may be uttered in sense 3 and then amended to sense 2.
- The or not can be placed after whether or after the verb, although in senses 2 and 3, or not is not required.
- Sense 4 does not have a counterpart that introduces only a single possibility and thus requires or not if no other possibilities are presented. For example,
“He’s coming, whether you like it” is ungrammatical. Grammatical versions are “He’s coming, whether you like it or not” or “He’s coming, whether you like it or dislike it”.
- The main verb in adverbial clauses with whether is sometimes in the subjunctive mood, especially if the verb is be:
- I shall be glad to play any instrument, whether it be a violin or a trumpet.
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It doesn't matter whether it is done well or not.発音を聞く例文帳に追加
巧拙は問わない - 研究社 新和英中辞典
of worrying about the condition of someone, whether a person is well or not発音を聞く例文帳に追加
健在か否か - EDR日英対訳辞書
I don't know whether he's at home or (whether he's) at the office.発音を聞く例文帳に追加
彼が自宅にいるのか事務所にいるのか知らない. - 研究社 新英和中辞典
Whether [No matter whether] by accident or design, we met there again.発音を聞く例文帳に追加
偶然にか意図的にか我々はそこでまた出会った. - 研究社 新英和中辞典
consider whether to introduce new equipment発音を聞く例文帳に追加
新しい機材の導入を検討する - Weblioビジネス英語例文
Whether the inspection is required or not発音を聞く例文帳に追加
調査が必要だろうとなかろうと - Weblio Email例文集
I want to know whether B is the same as A.発音を聞く例文帳に追加
BはAと同じなのか知りたいです。 - Weblio Email例文集
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