プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
いくら【幾ら】
❶〔金額〕how much
それをいくらで買いましたか
What [How much] did you pay for it?
全部でいくらになりますか
How much is it altogether?／What does it [the bill] come to altogether?
❷〔数量〕 ⇒どれくらい（何れ位）
この水槽には水がいくら入りますか
How much water does this tank hold?／What is the capacity of this water tank?
この旅行かばんの重さはいくらありますか
How much does this suitcase weigh?
❸〔概数〕
それを３千いくらかで買った
I paid three thousand 「some yen [something] for it.
❹〔単位の数字の後につけて，…いくらで〕
１時間いくらで
at so much an hour／by the hour
この商品は１ダースいくらで売られている
These articles are sold by the dozen.
私はガイドを１日いくらで頼んだ
I hired a guide by the day.
❺〔どんなに…でも〕
いくら金持ちでも永遠の若さは買えない
The [Even the] richest man cannot buy eternal youth.
いくら悪くても50キロの収穫はあると見積もられる
It is estimated that we will have a yield 「of fifty kilograms at the worst [of at least fifty kilograms].
いくら遅くても８時には着くでしょう
He will arrive by eight at the latest.
いくら経験豊かな彼でもこの難事業には歯が立つまい
With [In spite of] all his experience, he will not be equal to this difficult task.
いくらうまくいっても収支はとんとんだ
At best we can barely make ends meet.
いくらなんでもそれはあんまりだ
That's going too far, to say the least.／That's a bit thick, to put it mildly.
いくらなんでもこれは高過ぎる
No matter 「how you look at it [what you say], this is unreasonably expensive.
いくらなんでもあの方にそんなことまでお願いできません
However generous [kind] he may be, I cannot ask so much of him.