プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
どちら【▲何▲方】
❶〔どこ〕where
どちらにお勤めですか
Where do you work?
どちらのご出身ですか
Where do you come from?
❷〔どの方〕which
どちらへ行きましたか
Which way did he go?
どちらが勝ちましたか
Which side won?
どちらでも好きなのを選んでよろしい
Choose whichever you like better.
どちらがどちらなのか見分けがつかない
I can't tell 「which is which [one from the other].
どちらとも言えませんね
I can't 「say which [give a definite answer].
今のところどちらとも言えない
At the moment I can't say (yes or no).
この本はどちらも面白い
These books are both interesting.
君か僕かどちらかが間違っている
One of us is wrong.
どちらかの答えが合っている
One or the other is the correct answer.
彼には父も母もどちらもいない
He has neither father nor mother.
どちらにしても出掛けます
I will go out anyway [in either case].
どちらかと言えば今日は幾分元気だ
He is, if anything, a little better today.
❸〔どなた〕
失礼ですがどちら様でしょう
May I ask [have] your name?／〔電話口で〕Who is calling, please?
どっち【▲何▲方】
どっちがどっちか見分けがつかない
I cannot tell which is which.／I cannot distinguish one from the other.
どっちに転んでも
どっちに転んでも大勢には影響がない
One way or another, there will be no change in the general situation.
どっちにしても
どっちにしてもこの問題は扱いが難しい
In either case, this problem is difficult to deal with.
どっちもどっち
どっちもどっちだ
Both are to blame.／Six [It's six] of one and a half dozen of the other.