英和和英

読み方 いわんや

副詞

How much more; much more ; still more:（打消に続けば）how much less; much less; still less:（肯定、否定ともに）not to mention; not to speak of; to say nothing of

用例

• 鳥にすら反哺の孝あり、いわんや人間に於いておや
  Even a bird shows its filial piety by feeding its parents. How much more should man?

• 彼は人並の楽もできない、いわんやぜいたくをやだ
  He can not afford the common comforts of life, much less luxuries―to say nothing of luxuries.
• 彼は代数幾何も知らぬ、いわんや微積をやだ
  He does not know algebra or geometry, still less calculus―not to speak of calculus.