プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
およぶ【及ぶ】
&fRoman1;
❶〔達する，届く〕reach, extend ((to))；〔わたる〕cover, range ((over))
費用は１億円に及んだ
The expenses reached [amounted to] one hundred million yen.
その影響は全国に及んだ
The effects extended over the whole country.
会社の脱税は１億円に及んだ
The company had evaded taxes 「in the amount [《口》 to the tune] of one hundred million yen.
その会の招待客は200名に及んだ
As many as two hundred people were invited to the party.
彼女の話は延々３時間にも及んだ
Her talk lasted [dragged on] for three whole hours.／She talked on and on for three whole hours.
力の及ぶ限り厳しい訓練に耐えた
I endured the hard training as best I could.
❷〔ある状態になる〕
この期に及んで抜けるとは卑怯(ひきょう)だ
It's cowardly of you to back out at this stage.
いざ試験を受けるという時に及んで彼は病に倒れた
He fell ill just as he was about to take the examination.
&fRoman2;
❶〔匹敵する〕be equal ((to))
腕力では彼に及ぶ者はいない
「He has no equal [No one can match him] in physical strength.
商売の腕では彼にとても及ばない
「I am definitely inferior to him [He is far superior to me] in business ability.
日本は宇宙開発にかけてはアメリカに遠く及ばない
Japan is far behind the U.S. in its space exploration program.
❷〔「及ばない」の形で，できない〕 ⇒およばない（及ばない）①