ever
要点かつて
意味
- 《疑問文・否定文,また比較級・最上級の文で》かつて,今まで
- 《条件節,または未来時制で》いつか,いずれ
- 《疑問詞を強調して》《話》いったい[ぜんたい],どれほど,そもそも
- 《肯定文に用いて》いつも,常に,絶えず
例文
This is the first time I've ever passed an exam.
試験に合格したのはこれが初めてです。
No one has ever been able to solve this problem.
今までにこの問題が解けた者はひとりもいない。
I hardly ever go out with my parents these days.
俺最近ほとんど親とは出掛けないな。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English ever, from Old English ǣfre, originally a phrase whose first element undoubtedly consists of Old English ā (“ever, always”) + in (“in”) + an element possibly from feorh (“life, existence”) (dative fēore). Compare Old English ā tō fēore (“ever in life”), Old English feorhlīf (“life”) from feorh (“life”) + līf (“life”). Sense 5 of the adverb was likely formed by association with never, which also carries the meaning of did not in colloquial Singaporean and Malaysian English. Also, compare Chinese 有 … 過 /有 … 过 (yǒu ... guò / jau⁵ ... gwo³, “has […] before”).
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