英和和英

読み方 ほど

名詞

1

（＝度合い） degree; extent

用例

• 親切を尽くすもよいがそれほどまでにしなくともよい
  Kindness is all very well, but you need not go to that extent―go （to） that length―go so far.

• あの人はおかしいほどていねいだ
  He is polite to a ridiculous extent.
• ばかばかしいほど几帳面だ
  He is punctilious to an absurd extent.
• 気の毒なほど気がねする
  He is afraid of giving trouble to a painful extent.
• 気の毒なほど行儀を崩さない
  He is painfully proper.
• 日本は三十億ほどの公債を償還した
  Japan has redeemed her public loan to the extent of―to the amount of―3,000,000,000 yen.
• 病人は眠れないほど苦しがる
  The invalid suffers to such a degree that he can not sleep―so much that he can not sleep.
• どれほど
  To what extent?
  To what degree?
  How much?
  How far?
  How long?
• 君はどれほど借金があるか
  What is the extent of your liabilities?
  How much （or What） do you owe?
• これほど
  to this extent―to this degree―this much―thus much―so much
• それほど、あれほど
  to that extent―to that degree―that much―so much

2

（＝程合い）moderation; measure; bounds; limits

用例

• 程を計る、程にする
  to use moderation―be moderate

• 何事も程にする
  Do everything in moderation―in measure―within measure.
• 勉強も程を計ってするがよい
  You ought to work in moderation
  You ought to be moderate in working.
• 程に飲め
  Drink in moderation
  Be moderate in drinking.
• 程を守る
  to observe moderation―keep within bounds
• 程を越す
  to go beyond bounds―overstep the bounds―go too far―carry the matter too far―carry the matter to excess
• 何事も程を越すと害になる
  If you go beyond bounds in doing anything, it will do you harm
  Every success is a vice.
• （たいていたいがいの）程を知れ
  Keep within bounds
  You should know where to draw the line
  “The last drop makes the cup run over”【イディオム・格言的】
  “The last straw breaks the camel's back.”【イディオム・格言的】
• 物には程がある
  There are limits to everything.
• 冗談も程がある
  There are limits to a man's patience
  You carry your joke too far.
• 人をばかにするにも程がある
  He shall know that I am not to be trifled with.
• 人をばかにするにも程がある、いったいぜんたいこれは何だ
  What, in the name of all that is absurd, is this?
• 常識を欠くにも程がある、貴様のしたことはこれはいったい何だ
  What, in the name of common sense, is this you have done?

3

（＝時）time

用例

• ほど経てまた行ってみた
  I went again some time after―some while later.

• ほど無く
  soon―before long
• ほど無く全快した
  I soon got well
  It was not long before I got well.
• 彼はほど無く全快するであろう
  He will soon get well
  He will get well before long
  It will not be long before he gets well.
• どれほど待ったか
  How long have you been waiting?

4

（＝距離）distance

用例

• 停車場までどれほどあるか
  What is the distance to the station?
  How far is it to the station?

• 行くほども無く一人の旅人に出会った
  I had not gone far before I met a traveller.

5

（＝気性）temper

• あの人は程が好い、程の好い人だ
  He is sweet-tempered―an amiable man―an agreeable man―a nice man.

6

（＝身の程）

→『みのほど（身の程）』

副詞

1

用例

• どれほど
  How much?

• どれほど借金があるか
  How much do you owe?
  What do you owe?
• どれほど時間がかかるか
  How long does it take?
• 道程はどれほどあるか
  How far is it?
• 長さがどれほどあるか
  How long is it?
  What is the length?
• 幅はどれほどあるか
  How wide is it?
  What is the breadth?
• 高さはどれほどあるか
  How high is it?
  What is the height?
• 深さはどれほどあるか
  How deep is it?
  What is the depth?
• 厚さはどれほどあるか
  How thick is it?
  What is the thickness?

2

（＝いくらほどの程）about

• 十マイルほど来た
  We have made about 10 miles―some ten miles.

3

（＝雪ほど白いの程）as... as...

用例

• この砂糖は雪ほど白い
  This sugar is as white as snow.

• 彼らは瓜を二つに割ったほど似ている
  They are as like as two peas.
• 月とスッポンほど違う
  They are as like as chalk and cheese.
• 目は口ほどに物を言う
  The eyes are as eloquent as the mouth―（と言うよりも）―The eyes are more eloquent than the mouth.

4

（＝雪ほどは白くないの程）not so... as...; less... than...

用例

• あの子は姉さんほど美しくない
  She is not so beautiful as her sister―less beautiful than her sister.

• 試験は思ったほどむつかしくなかった
  The examination was not so difficult as I had expected.
• あの人は評判ほど悪くない
  He is not so bad as he is reported to be―not so black as he is painted.
• 口ほど悪くない
  He is not so black as he paints himself.
• あなたはお年ほどに見えません
  You do not look your age
  You look young for your age
  You wear well.

5

（＝雪ほど白いものは無いの程）（Nothing is） more... than...

用例

• 雪ほど白いものは無い
  Nothing is so white as snow―（と言わずして）―Nothing is whiter than snow.

• 鳥の毛ほど軽いものは無い
  Nothing is lighter than feather.
• 金剛石ほど堅いものは無い
  Nothing is harder than diamond.
• これほどたやすいことは無い、これほどわけの無いことは無い
  Nothing is easier
  Nothing can be simpler.
• あれほど偉い人はない
  There is no greater man than he―（と言うよりも）―He is the greatest man alive―He is the greatest man that ever lived.
• 日本ほど好い国は無い
  There is no better country than Japan―（と言うよりも）―Japan is the best country in the world―Japan is the best land under the sun.
• ばかほどこわいものは無い
  Nothing can be more dreadful than a fool
  A fool does not know what he is doing.
• 親ほどありがたいものは無い
  No one is more deserving of gratitude than our parents―（西洋風に言えば）―Nothing can exceed parental love.
• 見るほど確かなことは無い
  Nothing can be surer than seeing for oneself
  “Seeing is believing.”【イディオム・格言的】

6

（＝泣くほど嬉しいの程）so... that; so... as to...; enough to...:（打消に伴えば）too... to...

用例

• 嬉し泣きに泣きたいほど嬉しかった
  I was so glad that I cried for joy.

• 疲れるほど歩け
  You must walk so much that you get tired―so much as to get tired―enough to make you tired.
• 彼はいやになるほど食う
  He eats so much that he gets surfeited―so much as to surfeit him―enough to surfeit him.
• （酒を飲むのはよいが）酔うほど飲んではいかん
  You must not drink so much as to make you drunk.
• 時計が止まるほどの地震であった
  The earthquake was so severe that the clocks stopped―so severe as to stop the clocks―severe enough to stop the clocks.
• その光景は言うに言われぬほど美しい
  The sight is so beautiful that it can not be described―too beautiful for words―beautiful beyond description.
• あまり悲しくてかえって泣けないほど悲しい
  I am so sad that I can not cry
  I am too sad to cry
  My sorrow is too deep for tears.

〈以下特例〉

用例

• 死ぬほどくたびれた
  I am tired to death.

• あの時は死ぬほどびっくりした
  I was frightened to death.
• 死ぬほど笑った
  I nearly died with laughing.

7

（＝あればあるほどの程）the more..., the more..

用例

• 金はあればあるほど欲しくなる
  The more money one has, the more one will want.

• 空中へ上がれば上がるほど寒くなる
  The higher you go up into the air, the colder it becomes.
• 地下へ下がれば下がるほど熱くなる
  The lower you go down into the earth, the hotter it becomes.
• 南の方へ行けば行くほど温かになる
  The farther south you go, the warmer it becomes.
• 見れば見るほど美しい
  The more I look at her, the more beautiful she looks.
• 考えれば考えるほどわからない
  The more I think, the less I understand.
• ばかな子ほど可愛い
  The greater the dunce （is）, the dearer he is to his parents.
• 深くなるほど無分別
  The deeper the love, the more indiscreet the lovers.
• 早けりゃ早いほど好い
  The sooner, the better.
• 人数が多けりゃ多いほど面白い
  The more, the merrier.

〈以下代用構文〉

用例

• 忍耐すれば忍耐するほど成功する
  The more you persevere, the better you will succeed
  You will succeed in proportion as your persevere
  Your success will be in proportion to your perseverance.

• 文明が進めば進むほど詩が衰える
  The more civilized a people is, the less poetical it will become―（In proportion）as civilization advances, poetry will decline.

8

（＝何々しきれぬほどの程）more... than..

用例

• あの人は使いきれぬほど金がある
  He has more money than he can spend.

• 読みきれないほど本を貰った
  I have received more books than I can read.
• うちの鶏は食いきれないほど卵を生む
  Our hens lay more eggs than we can consume.

9

（＝いくらというほどの程）by（hundreds）; by the（gallon, etc.）

用例

• 宅では日に何十というほどの卵を使います
  We consume eggs by dozens every day.

• 何百羽というほど鴫を撃った
  We shot snipe by hundreds.
• 何千というほどの人が集まった
  People gathered by thousands of people gathered.
• あの人は何升というほどの酒を飲む
  He drinks wine by the gallon.
• 僕のところでは何トンというほどの石炭を炊く
  We burn coal by the ton.
• あんな人間は桝で量るほどある、箒で掃くほどある
  Such men are to be found by the cartload.

10

（＝財産というほどの財産）（no property）worth mentioning, to speak of

用例

• あの人は財産というほどの財産は無い
  He has no property worth mentioning―no property to speak of.

• 家は好い家だが庭というほどの庭が無い
  The house is a good one, but there is no garden worth mentioning―no garden to speak of.
• （庭はあるけれども）庭というほどの庭ではない
  It is not much of a garden.
• 僕は蔵書というほどの蔵書はない
  I have no library worth mentioning―no library to speak of.
• 蔵書というほどの蔵書ではない
  It is not much of a library.
• 彼は取り立てて言うほどの作は無い
  He has no works worth special mention.
• 英語の学校はあることはあるが学校というほどの学校でない
  There is an English school, to be sure, but it is not much of a one.
• 公園と言えば公園だが公園というほどの公園ではない
  You may call it a park, if you will, but it is not much of a one.

〈以下特例〉

用例

• 勝利と敗北というほどの大差を生ずるものは最後の五分間である
  It is the last five minutes that makes all the difference between victory and defeat.

• 成功と失敗というほどの大差をなすものはこの些細と言えば些細なことである
  It is this trifle, if you will, that makes all the difference between success and failure.

11

〈その他〉

用例

• 我が家ほど好いところは無い
  There is no place like home.

• 結果は予期したほどでない
  The result falls short of our expectations.
• 君は見違えるほど変った
  You have changed beyond recognition
  I should not knew you if I met you in the streets
  Your own mother would not know you.
• 御愛顧のほど奉願上候
  We request you will favour us with your patronage
  We solicit your patronage.
• 爪の垢ほど飲む
  To take anything in minute quantities.
• 雀の涙ほどの火酒
  a thimbleful of brandy
• 蛍ほどの火
  a spark of fire
• 金はうなるほどある
  He has a mint of money.
• あの人は欲というものは塵ほども無い
  He has not a particle of avarice in his nature.
• 棒ほど願って針ほど叶う
  “Pray for a bludgeon, and you get a needle.”【イディオム・格言的】