プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
-どころか
((副助詞))
❶〔まったく反対に〕
喜ぶどころか大変に怒った
Far from being pleased, he got very angry.
彼は謝るどころか,逆に文句を言ってきた
He didn't even try to apologize. On the contrary, he complained to us.
病気どころかぴんぴんしている
He's not the least bit ill.
後悔どころか平気の平左だよ
He is anything but repentant.
❷〔…はもとより〕
赤ん坊は走るどころか歩くこともまだできない
The baby cannot walk yet, much less run.
不親切どころかまったく残酷だ
He is not only unkind but positively cruel.
食べ物どころか水も無くなってしまった
It's not a question of food. We don't even have any water left.
野鳥観察に出掛けたが,つぐみどころかすずめも見えなかった
I went bird watching, but I could not find even a sparrow, to say nothing of a thrush.