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質問

I spent an evening with a guy I've been wanting to date for some time. After a few drinks he confided to me that he has a serious heart condition. He said he doesn't expect to live past age 23 and he could die any day.

I don't know the details of his condition, but I'm sure he believes what he told me. Because of this his life has taken a downward spiral. He has been drinking a lot, failed multiple classes last semester and feels like studying is futile if he may only live a year after graduating.

For lack of evidence to the contrary, I accepted his statement as accurate.

For lack of evidence to the contraryの意味を教えてください。よろしくお願いします

回答No.1

cbm51901 · ベストアンサー

"to the contrary" で「反対の」
https://eow.alc.co.jp/search?q=to+the+contrary&ref=sa
ですので
"For lack of evidence to the contrary ~" は
「（彼が言っていることを）反証するものがないことから、～」になります。

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