まし

プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第３版)の解説

まし【まし】

• そんな友でもないよりましだ
  Even such a friend is better than no friend (at all).
• もう少しましなことは言えないのか
  Can't you say anything [something a little] more sensible?
• 人の物を盗むくらいなら死んだほうがましだ
  I would rather die than steal another's things.
• このほうがまだましだね
  This isn't quite as bad as that.／This is less unsatisfactory than that.

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