any
英 ['enɪ]
美 ['ɛni]
- adj. どんな; すべて; わずかな
- 代名詞: any; any one; several
- adv.わずかに;少し
- n.(任意の)人名;(F.R.)アニ
語源
any Anyan, one.-y, 形容詞の接尾辞。
英語の語源
- any
- any: [OE] Any is descended from a prehistoric Germanic compound meaning literally ‘one-y’ (a formation duplicated in unique, whose Latin source ūnicus was compounded of ūnus ‘one’ and the adjective suffix -icus). Germanic *ainigaz was formed from *ain- (source of English one) and the stem *-ig-, from which the English adjective suffix -y is ultimately derived. In Old English this had become ?nig, which diversified in Middle English to any and eny; modern English any preserves the spelling of the former and the pronunciation of the latter.
=> one - any (adj.)
- Old English ?nig "any, anyone," literally "one-y," from Proto-Germanic *ainagas (cognates: Old Saxon enig, Old Norse einigr, Old Frisian enich, Dutch enig, German einig), from PIE *oi-no- "one, unique" (see one). The -y may have diminutive force here.
Emphatic form any old ______ (British variant: any bloody ______) is recorded from 1896. At any rate is recorded from 1847. Among the large family of compounds beginning with any-, anykyn "any kind" (c. 1300) did not survive, and Anywhen (1831) is rarely used, but OED calls it "common in Southern [British] dialects."
例文
- 1. I don 't want any more of that heavy stuff.
- 二度とそんな面倒なことには触れたくない。
- 2.Well,at any rate,let me thank you for all you did.
- いいでしょう、いずれにしても、あなたのしたことに感謝しなければなりません。
- 3.You are welcome to visit the hospital at any time.
- いつでも病院に来てください。
- 4.The room was quiet ; no one voluntered any further information.
- 部屋は静かで、より多くの情報を積極的に提供する人はいません。
- 5.Wash your hands thoroughly with hot soapy water before handling any food.
- 食べる前に、熱い石鹸の水で手をよく洗います。
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