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ずいぶん

ずいぶん 随分 非常に very ; much (!動詞 比較級を修飾 .肯定文で動詞を修飾する場合 , very などの修飾語を伴わないのは堅い言い方 ) ; 〖ものすごく 〗extremely, terribly, ⦅話 ⦆ awfully ; 大いに a great deal, ⦅話 ⦆ a lot, ⦅やや書 ⦆ greatly . 大分 解説 ▸ ずいぶん長い間 for a very long time .▸ 彼女は彼がいなくなってずいぶん寂しがっている She misses him very much .▸ 今年はずいぶん暑い夏でした It has been very [extremely, terribly , ⦅話 ⦆ awfully ] hot this summer .▸ こちらは日本よりずいぶん物価が安い Prices are much [⦅話 ⦆ a lot , (かなり ) considerably ] lower here than in Japan . (!いずれも比較級を強める ) ▸ このことについては今までずいぶんといろいろなことが言われてきた So much has been said about this .▸ 彼はずいぶん変わった He has changed greatly [so much , ⦅話 ⦆ a lot ].▸ 彼女は衣服にずいぶん金を遣う She spends a great deal of [an awful lot of ] money on her dresses .▸ ずいぶん久しぶりですね It's [It has been ] quite a long time [⦅話 ⦆ ages ] since I last saw you . ⇨久しぶり ▸ わが町はしばしば 「ベッドタウン 」と呼ばれる .ベッドの街 ,眠るための街とは ,ずいぶんな ⦅失礼な ⦆呼び方ではないか People often call the town we live in a “bed town .” A town of beds or a town where people go to sleep, isn't it indeed a very degrading name?