プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第３版)の解説
かなう【▲敵う】
1 〔匹敵する〕
- 抜け目なさでは彼にかなう者はなかった
No one could match him in shrewdness. - 計算では君にかなわない
I am no match for you in calculation. - ハムレットをやらせたら彼にかなう者はいない
He is unrivaled as Hamlet. - 彼らはかなわぬと見て逃げて行った
Seeing that the odds were against them, they ran away. - とても私の力ではかなわない
It is far beyond my power.
2 〔我慢する〕bear; stand; put up with
- 彼のおしゃべりはかなわない
I can't bear [stand] his chatter.／He bores me to death with his chatter. - こう蒸し暑くてはかなわない
This hot, humid weather is too much for me.