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プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)

－さえ

❶〔さらに〕

雨さえ降ってきた
On top of that [everything], it began to rain.

❷〔…ですら〕even

彼さえ知らないのだからだれも知らないだろう
If even he doesn't know, then nobody does.

ABCさえ書けない
He can't even write the alphabet.／He cannot so much as write the alphabet.

１滴の水さえない
There is not even a drop of water (to be had [found]).

彼は兄弟にさえ裏切られた
He was betrayed even by his own brothers.

❸〔そのことだけで十分〕

もっと勉強しさえすれば試験に合格できたのに
If only you had studied harder, you could have passed the examination.

これさえあれば十分だ
This is all I need.

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