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解説 Definition
動詞や形容詞句に添えて、出来ばえ・機能・理解・進行が期待どおり、または十分な水準にあることを示す副詞。speak well は技能、work well は機械や方法の有効性、go well は物事の順調さを表す。
Well is an adverb that shows that something is done in a good, effective, or satisfactory way. It is often used with verbs and adjective phrases to talk about skill, success, proper function, or smooth progress. For example, it can describe how someone speaks, how something works, or how a situation is going. It suggests that the result meets expectations or reaches a good enough standard.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
well は古英語のwelに由来し、核は「望ましい状態で」です。動詞を修飾すると「うまく、よく」、形容詞では「健康な」に広がります。well done、sleep well、know well のように結果・状態の良さを表すのが典型です。very が程度だけを強めるのに対し、well は質や達成度が良い方向に整っている感覚で覚えます。
Think of well as the adverb partner of good. We say a good speaker, but someone speaks well; a good machine works well; and if things go well, they move in the right way. Remember it as the word for actions, results, and progress that are at a good level.
例文
She speaks English very well.
彼女は英語をとてもよく話す。
This machine works well even after many years.
この機械は何年たってもよく動く。
Everything went well during the meeting.
会議はすべて順調によく進んだ。
井戸
(意味 2)解説 Definition
地下水に届くよう地面を深く掘り、水をくみ上げるために作られた穴や設備を指す名詞。村の共同水源、庭先の手押しポンプ、干ばつで干上がる水場など、生活用水を得る具体物として使う。
A well is a deep hole in the ground made to reach water. People use it as a source of water, especially in places without modern water systems. The word is usually used for something built for practical daily use.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
名詞 well は「地表の下にある水へ通じる縦穴」を思い浮かべるとよい。dig a well は井戸を掘る、draw water from a well は井戸から水をくむ、the well dried up は水源が枯れた状況を表す。spring は自然に湧く泉、pond は地表にたまった池なので、人が掘って地下資源に届かせる点が違う。oil well では同じ発想が石油を取り出す穴に広がっている。
`Well` is often known as an adverb, but as a noun it is a completely different word. Link it to the idea of water coming up from deep underground, as in `well up`. Fixed phrases like `dig a well` and `draw water from a well` help this meaning stay separate in your mind.
例文
The old well in the village has been used for centuries.
その村の古い井戸は何世紀もの間使われてきた。
She drew water from the well every morning.
彼女は毎朝、井戸から水をくんだ。
The well dried up during the long drought.
長い干ばつの間に、その井戸は干上がってしまった。
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well の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 wel「望ましいように、満足に」に由来し、good と同じく「よい状態」を表す古い語群に属する。副詞として「うまく、十分に」の意味が中心になった。
Well comes from Old English wel, meaning "in a desirable way" or "satisfactorily." It belongs to an old word family related to good, and over time it became the main adverb meaning "in a good way" or "successfully."
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