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(49)彼は破産したといううわさだ。

◎ 1) He seems to have gone bankrupt.

◎ 2) He is said to have gone bankrupt.

◎ 3) It seems (that) he has gone bankrupt.

◎ 4) They (or People) say (that) he has gone bankrupt.

◎ 5) I hear (or ◇understand) (that) he has gone bankrupt.

○ 6) It is said that he has gone bankrupt.

○ 7) He is rumored to have gone bankrupt.

○ 8) Rumor has it that he has gone bankrupt.

○ 9) It is rumored that he has gone bankrupt.

◇10) The rumor is that he has gone bankrupt.

◇11) There is a rumor that he has gone bankrupt.

◇12) Rumor says that he has gone bankrupt.




[解説]

◎ 1) (48) を参照

◎ 2) S is said to do:〜と言われている(to do の do は状態を表す動詞、have p.p.、be doing のいずれか)

◎ 3) (48) を参照

◎ 4) they (or people) say (that) S V:〜と言われている

◎ 5) I hear (or ◇understand) (that) S V:〜とうわさに聞いている、〜だそうだ(普通の表現。I hear の代わりに I've heard, I heard, I am told, I've been told と言ってもほぼ同じ。なお、understand ≒ hear)

○ 6) it is said that S V:〜と言われている

○ 7) S is rumored to do:〜といううわさである(to do の do は 1) と同じ)

○ 8) rumor has it that S V:〜といううわさがある(have it ≒ say)

○ 9) it is rumored that S V:〜というわさである(堅い表現)

◇10) The rumor is that S V:〜といううわさがある

◇11) there is a rumor that S V:〜といううわさがある(普通の表現)

◇12) rumor says that S V:〜といううわさがある(あまり用いられない)

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