プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
まあ
❶〔勧誘やなだめる気持ちを込めて〕
まあお寄りください
Why don't you drop in?
まあ頼んでごらん
Just ask him.
まあそう言うな
Come on, don't say that.
❷〔ためらいを表して〕
まあやめにしよう
Uh, I'd rather not (do that).／Well, let's give it up.
❸〔驚きやあきれる気持ちを表して〕
まあすてき
Oh, how wonderful!
まあひどい人ね
Oh, you are dreadful!
まあ弘子さんじゃないの
Why, it's Hiroko!
よくもまあ人をだましたね
How could you have deceived me!／How you fooled me!
❹〔消極的な評価を表して，まずまず〕
まあそんなもんだろう
Well, that's about it.／Well, it's something like that.
彼はまあだいじょうぶだ
He'll probably be all right.
あなたの英語の発音はまあいい
Your English pronunciation 「is passable [isn't bad].
まあ十人並みの顔だ
She isn't too bad-looking.