プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
たくさん【沢山】
❶〔数量が多いこと〕たくさんの 〔数〕many ((things, persons)),《文》 many a ((thing, person)) (▼単数扱い),a good [great] many, a large number of ((things, persons)) (▼複数扱い),《口》 lots of ((things, persons));〔量〕much, plenty of, a good [great] deal of, a large quantity of,《口》 lots of(▼口語では manyや(特に)muchは肯定文にはあまり用いず,否定文,疑問文,条件文などに用いる.肯定文では代わりに〔量・数〕a lot of, lots of, plenty of;〔量〕a great deal of;〔数〕a large number ofを用いる.ただし肯定文でも主語を修飾する場合や,as, so, tooなどに続く場合にはmuch, manyが用いられる)
友達はたくさんいますか
Do you have many [a lot of] friends?
できるだけたくさんの本を読みたい
I want to read as many books as I can.
この山には野猿がたくさんいる
There are 「a great many [a lot of/a large number of] wild monkeys on this mountain.
この作者についてはあまりたくさんのことは言われていない
Not much has been said about this author.
あまりたくさん飲むと体に悪い
Too much drinking is bad for your health.
今日は宿題がたくさんある
We have 「a lot [lots] of homework today.
まだ時間がたくさんある
We have plenty of time yet.
❷〔十分〕
この仕事には2週間もあればたくさんだ
Two weeks will be enough for this job.
エコノミークラスでたくさんです
Economy class will be good enough for me.
お前の馬鹿話はもうたくさんだ
「I've had enough of [I'm fed up with] your silly chatter.
もうたくさんです
〔料理などをすすめられたときに〕Thank you, I've had plenty./No more, thank you.