英和和英

読み方 すこしも

副詞

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Not （in） the least; not the slightest; not at all; none whatever; nothing; no whit, not a whit, never a whit; not a bit of it

用例

• 僕はそんなことは少しも知らない
  I have no idea of the matter―not the faintest idea of the matter―not the slightest knowledge of the matter.

• 彼は少しも恐れる気色がない
  He does not show the least sign of fear.
• 少しも恥じる様子が無い
  He seems not in the least abashed.
• 見込みは少しも無い
  There is no hope at all―no chance whatever.
• 近頃彼に少しも会わない
  I have seen nothing of him lately.
• 少しも屈せず彼は再挙を図った
  Nothing daunted, he prepared himself for another trial.
• （疲れたかと問われて）いえ少しも
  Not a bit of it.
• 雨が少しも降らぬ
  Not a drop of rain falls.
• 風が少しも無い
  There is not a breath of air.
• 病人は食物が少しも喉を通らぬ
  He does not taste a morsel of food.
• 彼は少しも酒を飲まない
  He does not drink a drop of wine.
• 昨夜は少しも眠らなかった
  I did not get a wink of sleep last night.
• 少しも疑いが無い
  There is not a shadow of doubt―not the shadow of a doubt―about it.
• 彼に勝てる見込が少しも無い
  I have not the ghost of a chance against him.
• 彼はこっけいなどは少しも無い
  He has not a spice of humour.
• 両人間に悪感情は少しも無い
  There is not a trace of ill-feeling between the two.
• 彼は少しも英語を知らぬ
  He does not know a word of English.
• 戦争をする口実は少しも無かった
  There is not a shadow of pretext for war.
• そんなことは少しもかまわぬ
  I don't care a straw about it.
• その説には少しも真実な事が無い
  The statement does not contain a fraction of truth.
• 先方の要求を少しも引かぬ
  He will not bate a jot of his demands.
• 彼は良心などは少しも無い
  He has not a spark of conscience.
• 少しも証拠が無い
  There is not a shred of evidence―not a rag of evidence.

〈以下特例〉

用例

• 彼の来そうな様子が少しも無い
  There is no sign of his coming.

• これはあれに比べて少しも劣らぬ
  This is nowise inferior to that
  This is every bit as good as that.
• 僕は少しもこの辺の勝手を知らない
  I am quite a stranger in these parts.