意味一覧 (2件)
とても
解説 Definition
形容詞や副詞の前で使い、程度が高いことをくだけて強調して表す語です。否定的な内容に限らず、良いことにも悪いことにも使えます。現在の登録語義「ひどく」より中立的で、日常会話では単に「とても」「すごく」に近い場合が多いです。
Awfully is an informal adverb used before adjectives and adverbs to make their meaning stronger. It often means very or really in everyday English. It can be used for both good and bad things, so it is more neutral than just terribly or horribly in many situations. Compared with very, awfully often sounds a little more emotional or personal.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
awful を知っていれば覚えやすい語で、awfully はその副詞形。「ひどいほどに」から、実際には very / really に近い強い強調として使われます。特に会話で awfully sorry, awfully nice, awfully expensive のように頻出。良いことにも悪いことにも付くが、土台に awful の強さがあるので、単なる very より少し感情がこもる感じで押さえると残りやすいです。terribly と近い仲間として並べて覚えると混同しにくくなります。
If you know awful, awfully is easy to remember because it is its adverb form. You can think of it as originally meaning in an awful way or to an awful degree, and from there it came to work like very or really. Phrases like awfully sorry, awfully nice, and awfully expensive are common, so it is useful to remember it as an emotional, stronger-sounding intensifier. It also helps to learn it next to terribly, because the two are close in meaning.
例文
I'm awfully sorry I'm late.
遅れて本当にごめんなさい。
The view from the top was awfully beautiful at sunset.
頂上からの景色は夕暮れ時にとても美しかった。
This hotel is awfully expensive for such a small room.
このホテルはこんなに小さい部屋にしてはとても高い。
ひどく
(意味 2)解説 Definition
この副詞は程度を強めて「非常に」「とてつもなく」のようなニュアンスを表す。口語では好意的な意味合いで使われることもあるが、元来は否定的に「ひどく～で」という強調の調子。感情や状況の強さを際立たせるために添えられる。
Awfully means very or extremely, and it is often used to add strong feeling. In informal English, it can make an adjective or adverb stronger. It can also suggest something unpleasant, depending on the context.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
この「ひどく」は、単に very の代わりに使う基本義とは分けて覚えるとよい用法です。awful には「ひどい、ぞっとする」という否定的な土台があり、awfully boring や awfully bad のように、状態の悪さや不快さを強く示すときにその色が残ります。awfully sorry のような決まり文句では強意だけに近づきますが、このエントリでは「悪い方向に強く」という感覚を中心に押さえます。
This comes from `awful`, but `awfully` is often used like a strong `very` or `really`. English speakers say `awfully sorry`, `awfully nice`, or `awfully expensive`. That makes it easy to remember as an emotional intensifier. It is close to `terribly`, which is another useful word to connect with it.
例文
I'm awfully sorry for the inconvenience I caused you.
ご迷惑をおかけして、本当に申し訳ありません。
That movie was awfully boring; I nearly fell asleep.
その映画はひどく退屈で、もう少しで眠ってしまうところだった。
She was awfully kind to help me carry all those heavy boxes.
彼女はそのたくさんの重い箱を運ぶのを手伝ってくれて、本当に親切だった。
awfully の語源・成り立ち Etymology
「awfully」は awe「畏れ」+ -ful「満ちた」+ -ly から成り、awe は古ノルド語系で「震えるほどの恐れ」が核です。awesome も同根で、もとは「畏怖を起こすほどに」が、今の「ひどく」という強い程度表現へ転じました。
Awfully comes from awful plus the adverb ending -ly. Awful is built from awe, a word related to an old Norse-root idea of deep fear or wonder, and it originally meant full of awe. From the sense of something overwhelming, awfully later developed into a strong degree word meaning very or really.
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