英和和英

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形容詞相当語句

1

Due （reward）; deserved, merited （praise）; condign （punishment）; fair, reasonable （price）; fit, proper （person）; suitable （position）; decent （living）; respectable （house）; competent （fortune）; tolerable （performance）; passable （ability）; sufficient （reason, etc.）

用例

• 相当の報酬をする
  He shall have a due reward
  I will give him his due.

• 相当の礼をもって彼を遇した
  We treated him with due honour―did him due honour.
• 相当の手続きを履む
  to go through due formalities
• 犯人は相当の処分を受けた
  The culprit was deservedly dealt with.
• 恐れ入りました、相当のご処分を願います
  I throw myself upon your mercy. Deal with me as you think fit!
• それが相当の罰じゃわい（好い気味だ）
  You richly deserve it
  Serve you right!
  It is a condign punishment.
• 至極相当の待遇だ
  The terms are fair.
• 相当の待遇できてくれまいか
  Will you accept an appointment on fair terms?
• 相当な価で買おう
  I will give you a fair price―a reasonable price―for it.
• 相当な人物があったらお知らせ下さい
  If you hear of a fit and proper person, you will please let me know.
• 相当な地位があったらお世話しよう
  If I come across a suitable position, I will procure it for you.
• 彼は相当な地位を得た
  He has obtained a suitable position―（社会になら）―found his place in society.
• 病人に相当の手当てをするように
  See that the sick are properly cared for!
• 彼は相当な身形｛みなり｝をしている
  He is decently dressed.
• 相当に暮らしている
  He is in decent circumstances―in respectable circumstances―He makes a decent living.
• 相当な家に住んでいる
  He lives in a respectable house.
• 相当な資産がある
  He has a competent fortune―a competence.
• 相当な身代をこしらえる
  to acquire a competence
• 相当な金を握ったら国へ帰ろうと思う
  I mean to go home when I have a decent sum in my possession.
• 相当な手段だ
  It is a decent performance―a respectable performance―a tolerable performance―a passable performance.
• 相当の学力が有る
  He has decent ability―respectable ability―tolerable ability―passable ability.
• 彼は相当に英語を話す
  He speaks English tolerably well―passably well―fairly well.
• 相当の理由無く解雇することはできぬ
  I can not dismiss him without sufficient reason.

2

（＝何に相当の）becoming （a youth）; befitting （one's station）; due to （one's rank）; suited to （a person）; proportionate to （its size）; equivalent to （a yen）; corresponding to （a prince）; ranking with （a colonel）; proper for （a gentleman）; worthy of （a gentleman）:（=する） to become （a youth）; to befit （one's station）; to correspond to （a prince）; to rank with （a colonel）; to be due to （one's rank）; to be suited to （a person）; to be proportionate to （its size）; to be equal to （ten）; to be equivalent to （a yen）; to be proper for （a gentleman）; to be worthy of （a gentleman）

用例

• 謙遜は青年に相当する
  Modesty becomes a young man
  Modesty is becoming in a young man.

• 身分相当
  befitting one's station
• それが身分に相当だ
  That befits your station.
• 彼は身分に相当な暮らしをしている
  He lives in a style befitting his status.
• 彼は身分に相当の教育がある
  He has had an education befitting his status.
• 紳士に相当の教育がある
  He has had an education proper for a gentleman―worthy of a gentleman.
• おのおの身分に相当の寄付をした
  Each gave according to his means―in proportion to his wealth.
• 彼の地位に相当の礼をもって遇した
  We treated him with the honour due to his rank―did him the honour due to his rank―did him due honour.
• 地位に相当の威厳を保っている
  He maintains a dignity due to his social position.
• 君に相当の地位があったらお世話しよう
  If I come across a position suited to you, I will procure it for you.
• 君に相当の細君があったら貰い給え
  If you find a lady suited to you, marry her.
• 身体の大きさに相当した力が有る
  His strength is proportionate to his size
  He is strong in proportion to his size
  He is strong in proportion as he is large.
• 一ドルは二円に相当する
  A dollar is equivalent to two yen
  A dollar corresponds to two yen.
• 沈黙は偽りに相当する場合がある
  Silence is sometimes equivalent to a lie.
• 沈黙は承諾に相当する
  “Silence gives consent.”【イディオム・格言的】
• 英国の“duke”は我が公爵に相当する
  The English duke corresponds to the Japanese prince.
• 英語には「流石」に相当する言葉が無い
  The English language has no word corresponding to “sasuga”―no equivalent for “sasuga”.
• 中学卒業もしくはこれに相当する学歴を有する者に限る
  Those only are admitted who have completed the middle school course or gone through a similar course of study.
• 彼は給料に相当する働きがある
  He is earning his salary―worth his salt.
• 給料に相当する働きが無い（穀つぶしだ）
  He is not worth his salt.
• 大佐相当官
  an officer ranking with a colonel