英和和英

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形容詞相当語句

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（=な） unexpected, unlooked-for, strange, surprising, astonishing, amazing （result）; unexpected, unhoped-for （success）; unexpected, disappointing （failure）; unsuspected （corners）:（=に） contrary to expectation, contrary to one's expectations; beyond expectation, beyond one's expectations; more than one expected ［thought, hoped, feared］

用例

• 君がそう言うのは意外だ
  It is strange―I am surprised―that you should say so.

• 事実は小説よりも意外なり
  “Fact is stranger than fiction.”【イディオム・格言的】
• 結果は意外だ
  The result is unexpected―contrary to expectation―contrary to my expectations―not what I expected―surprising―a surprise.
• 意外にも彼は成功した
  Contrary to expectation,―Contrary to my expectations,―he has succeeded.
• 意外に好くできた
  He has done it better than I expected―beyond expectation―beyond my expectations―surprisingly well.
• 成績は意外に好い
  The result is better than I expected―beyond expectation―beyond my expectations―surprisingly good―an agreeable surprise.
• 成績は意外に悪い
  The result is worse than I expected―disappointing―a disappointment―The result does not come up to my expectations―falls short of my expectations.
• 彼の成功は意外だ
  It is strange that he should have succeeded―He has succeeded better than I expected―beyond expectation―beyond my expectations―His success is unexpected―beyond expectation―beyond my expectations―surprising―a surprise―an agreeable surprise.
• 彼の失敗は意外だ
  It is strange that he should have failed―He has failed contrary to expectation―contrary to my expectations―His failure is unexpected―contrary to expectation―contrary to my expectations―disappointing―a disappointment.
• 意外に好い天気になった
  The weather has turned out fine
  Contrary to expectations, the weather has turned out fine
  The weather has turned out fine beyond expectation
  The weather has turned out to be a pleasant surprise.
• 仕事は意外に骨が折れる
  I find my work harder than I expected.
• 試験は意外にやさしかった
  The examination was easier than I had expected.
• 君の病気は意外に早く直った
  You have recovered sooner than I expected―much sooner than I hoped.
• 彼の病気は意外に長くかかった
  His illness has taken longer than I expected―even longer than I feared.
• 利益は意外に多い
  The profit is greater than I expected―far greater than I hoped.
• 損は意外に少ない
  The loss is less than I expected―much less than I feared.
• 意外なことがあるものだ
  It is always the unexpected that happens.
• 意外な方面から助力を得た
  We received aid from an unexpected quarter.
• 意外なところに宝があるものだ
  You will find treasures in unsuspected corners.
• こんなことがあろうとは実に意外だ
  I was unprepared for this.
• あの経験家があんなばかなことをするとは意外千万だ
  We should not have expected such folly from a man of his experience
  Who would have thought it?

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用例

• 意外に思う
  to be surprised―be astonished―be amazed―be disappointed

• 結果を見て意外に思った
  I was surprised at the result
  The result was a surprise to me.
• 彼が成功したと聞いて意外に思った
  I was agreeably surprised at the news of his success
  His success was an agreeable surprise to me.
• 彼が失敗したと聞いて意外に思った
  I was disappointed at news of his failure
  His failure was a disappointment to me.
• （親独派いわく）ドイツが負けたのは実に意外に思った（夢にも思わなかった）
  I little thought―Little did I think―that Germany would be defeated.
• ドイツが負けたと聞いて実に意外に思った人がある（寝耳に水）
  Some people were thunderstruck at the news of Germany's defeat
  Germany's defeat was a thunderclap to some people.
• こんなものがあろうとは実に意外に思った
  This was a revelation to me.

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名詞

One's remains:（詩歌にては）one's ashes

用例

• 遺骸は遺族に引渡された
  His remains were handed over to his family.

• 遺骸を引取る
  to take over one's remains
• 遺骸の引取り手が無い
  No one claims his remains.
• 遺骸を骨にする（荼毘に付す）
  to cremate one's remains
• 遺骸を埋葬する
  to bury one's remains―consign one's remains to the grave