語法 – such
suchの3つの品詞
- predeterminer/determiner
- pronoun
predeterminer/determiner
predeterminer/determinerの違いは後に単数形が来るか複数形・不可算名詞が来るかの違い。
引用 – Macmillan Dictionary
単数形の名詞を伴う例
She’s such an intelligent woman.複数形・不可算名詞を伴う例
Such men are dangerous.
We’ve had such awful weather lately.
pronoun
引用 – Economist – Dead on Arrival
suchは直前に記述のあった出来事を指す。
Such is the context for Mr Trump’s unveiling of his long-awaited peace plan with Mr Netanyahu on January 28th
引用 – Macmillan Dictionary
They want a 10% pay raise – such is the scale of their latest demand.
意味
of the type
「その類の」と言いたい時の表現
引用 – Macmillan
Why did this tragedy happen here and now? Such questions are easier to ask than to answer.
emphasizing
シンプルに名詞を強調する使い方。
引用 – Macmillan
She’s such a nice person.
How can anyone live on such a small salary?
He has always had such compassion and such concern for others.
If it’s such a secret, why did you tell me?
to say a particular situation which causes the result
何かが起こった原因となる状況・態度・行動を述べたい時に使う表現。
引用 – Macmillan
such ~ that … ~なので…だ
He speaks to me in such a way that I always feel he is insulting me.~ such that … ~なので…だ
Their relationship was such that they spent every possible minute together.such ~ that … suchが~ので…だ
Such was Crowther’s reputation in the city that no one ever questioned his judgment.~ such as to … ~なので…だ
The countess’s treatment of her servants was such as to cause great resentment.
S be such as to ~
「Sが~の原因となっている」フレーズなので細かい事を気にせずに覚える。但しsuch as toとかもはや年寄りが使うような表現で現代ではあまり使われない。上記の例文をsuch as toを使わずに書き換えるなら次のようになる。
The countess’s treatment of her servants was of a kind that causes great resentment.
The countess’s treatment of her servants was such (treatment), as a result, it causes great resentment.
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