プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
そろう【×揃う】
❶〔一か所に集まる〕
これで全員そろった
Everyone has arrived now.
そろって先生のところへ行った
We went to see the teacher all together.
この図書館には生物関係の本がそろっている
This library has a good collection of books on biology.
あの店には子供のものが何でもそろっている
They carry [stock] everything for children at that store.
❷〔全部整う〕
これでディナーセットが全部そろう
This completes the dinner set.
美しくて賢くて健康で,三拍子そろった女性だ
She is an all-round [ideal] woman ― beautiful, intelligent and healthy.
客の数だけコップがそろわない
We do not have enough glasses for all the guests.
この百科事典はそろっていない
Some of the volumes of this encyclopedia are missing.
条件がそろうのを待っていたらいつまでも職につけない
If you keep waiting for a job that satisfies all those [your] conditions, you'll wait forever.
❸〔同じ状態になる〕
真珠の粒がそろっていない
The pearls are not well matched./The pearls are uneven [irregular in size].
そろいもそろって素人ばかりだ
Every (single [last]) one of them is an amateur./They are amateurs, one and all./They are all amateurs without a single exception.
全員の足並みがそろうと行進が美しく見える
A march [parade] looks nice when everyone is in (perfect) step.
各組合の足並みがそろわない
The unions are in disagreement.
左右がそろっていない手袋をはめていた
She was wearing an odd pair of gloves.
この辺は道幅がそろっている
In this neighborhood the roads are all the same width.