プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
－め【－目】
❶〔順序を表して〕
入院して７日目に
on the seventh day after one's admission to a hospital
入会者は彼で10人目だ
He was the tenth member to join.
彼女はうちから３軒目の家に住んでいる
She lives three doors from my house.
薬局は銀行から３軒目だ
The pharmacy is the third shop from the bank.
彼が生まれてから３年目に母親が死んだ
His mother died three years after he was born.
ケネディは何代目の大統領ですか
How many presidents were there before Kennedy?
上野はここから何番目の駅ですか
How many stations are there between here and Ueno?
❷〔程度を表して〕
小さめの
smallish／rather small
肉は多めに入れておきました
〔おまけして〕I gave you some extra meat.
太めのつえのほうがよい
I prefer a walking stick on the thick side.
早めに家に帰ったほうがよい
You had better go home (a little) early.
❸〔場所・時などの一点を表して〕a point
変わり目
a turning point
季節の変わり目によく風邪をひく
I often catch cold when the seasons change.
金の切れ目が縁の切れ目
Love lasts only as long as the money holds out.