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質問

A few years ago, I left my husband after I found out he was a serial cheater. We are now divorced. I have been seeing someone new, and he seems like a great guy. However, he is also divorced, and it's because he cheated on his ex-wife.

He was very honest with me about this. He did not attempt to lie about or hide it. Instead of making up an excuse for what he did, like, "She didn't do the dishes when I asked, and if she really loved me she would have, so she deserved it" (which was literally one of the reasons my ex-husband gave for why he cheated), he told me he had "made a mistake" and that he regretted it.

Our relationship is otherwise fantastic and I don't want to miss out on what could be something great just because of my own hang-ups. But in the back of my mind I can't help but think, "He did it to her, what's to stop him from doing it to me?"

what's to stop him from doing it to me?の和訳をお願いします。what's to stop himの文法的解説もよろしくお願いします

回答No.1

bakansky · ベストアンサー

> He did it to her, what's to stop him from doing it to me?

　「別れた奥さんのことをそんなふうに思ってるのなら、わたしについても同じように思いかねない」

　what's to stop him という文の文法は、主語 + 使役動詞 + 目的語　です。「何がかれをとどめるだろうか」 ということで、その 「何が彼をそういうふうに考えさせないだろうか、いや、何もその考えを否定するものはない」 つまり 「何物も彼をしてそう考えさせるのを妨げない」 という意味を表現した 反語 として読めます。日本語でも 「誰がそんなことをするっていうの？」 というのは、「誰もそんなことをしやしない」 という意味だったりしますよね？　それと同じで 「わたしのことも、きっとそんなふうに思うんだろうな、きっとそう思うに違いない」 というニュアンスが示されています。

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