例題29 日本大学
The sheer numbers of Europeans who left their homelands in the century before 1914 to go overseas suggest how important was the movement of which they were a part.
分の分析
SThe sheer numbers (Mof Europeans who left their homelands in the century before 1914 to go overseas) Vsuggest Ohow important was the movement of which they were a part.
sheer 限定用法 まったくの・本当の (a small book)
限定用法だけ many few 叙述用法だけ alike alive
意味が異なる late (her late husband/she is late)
副詞 動詞 名詞
POINT1
How は名詞節を作る
I don’t know [how Ken went to the station yesterday].
I know how busy he is.
POINT2
倒置 主語が長いと倒置されるときがある
how important the movement of which they were a part was.
訳例
1914年以前の1世紀、海外に行くために祖国を離れたヨーロッパ人の純然たる数が,その人達が一部とするその大移動が,いかに重要であったかということを示している。