both
要点両方の、両方、両方とも
意味
- 両方の,双方の
- 両方,両者
- 《both…and…の形で》両方とも,…のいずれも
例文
The delegations of both countries met in Geneva.
両国の代表団はジュネーブで会見した。
She could not make both ends meet on her income.
彼女には、収入のなかでやりくりすることができなかった。
He was respected both as a teacher and as a man.
彼は先生としても人間としても尊敬された。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English bothe, boþe, from Old English bā þā (“both the; both those”) and possibly reinforced by Old Norse báðir, from Proto-Germanic *bai. Cognate with Saterland Frisian bee (“both”), West Frisian beide (“both”), Dutch beide (“both”), German beide (“both”), Swedish både, båda, Danish både, Norwegian både, Icelandic báðir. Replaced Middle English bō, from Old English bā, a form of Old English bēġen. A remnant of the Indo-European dual grammatical number.