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- "Must you wear those glasses?" The wearing of dark glasses," she said, "is a modern psychological phenomenon.
- I had not asked for her company in the first place. There's a limit to what one can listen to with the naked eye. I put on my dark glasses to shield my eyes from the sun.
- The phrase "I had not asked for her company in the first place" can be interpreted in two ways: "I did not ask to be accompanied by her in the first place" or "I did not ask for her to be my companion in the first place". The context can help determine the intended meaning.
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"Must you wear those glasses?" "Well, yes. The glare." "The wearing of dark glasses," she said, "is a modern psychological phenomenon. It signifies the trend towards impersonalization, the weapon of the modern Inquisitor, it--" "There's a lot in what you say." But I did not remove my glasses, for I had not asked for her company in the first place, and there is a limit to what one can listen to with the naked eye. Muriel SparkのThe Dark Glassesからの英文です。 （二人の女性が湖に歩いて来たところです） I had not asked for her company in the first placeの部分なのですが、 ここは、 私は第一に彼女に同伴することを求めなかった、でしょうか？（companyは動詞） それとも 私は第一に彼女の仲間（になること）を（自分自身に）求めなかった、でしょうか？（companyは名詞） どちらにもとれるのでしょうか？ その場合は文脈から判断するのでしょうか？ 前文は Coming to the edge of the lake we paused to look at our reflections in the water. It was then I recognized her from the past, her face looking up from the lake. She had not stopped talking. I put on my dark glasses to shield my eyes from the sun and conceal my recognition from her eyes. "Am I boring you?" she said. "No, not a bit, Dr Gray." "Sure?" It is discouraging to put on sun-glasses in the middle of someone's intimate story. But they were necessary, now that I had recognized her, and was excited, and could only honourably hear what she had to say from a point of concealment. となっています。（前文の冒頭が物語の出だしになっています） 教えてください。お願い致します。
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文法的に動詞ではありえません。 her は所有格でも目的格でもありますが、 her が目的格だとしても、その後に原形がくることはありません。 使役動詞の make/have とか、知覚動詞の see/hear などの後でもない限り、 原形がくることはありません。 だから、company は名詞ということになりますが、 「そもそも、彼女がいっしょにいること（←彼女の同席）を求めなかった」 別にいっしょにいてくれなんて言ってないよ。
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１。I had not asked for her company in the first place 私は第一に彼女に同伴することを求めなかった、でしょうか？（companyは動詞）それとも私は第一に彼女の仲間（になること）を（自分自身に）求めなかった、でしょうか？（companyは名詞）どちらにもとれるのでしょうか？ どちらでもありません、意味は第一ですが company は名詞です。 そもそも、彼女に一緒に来てくれなんて頼んだ覚えはない。 ２。in the first placeその場合は文脈から判断するのでしょうか？ 別に判断の余裕は要りません。 これは二つ以上言いたい事が山積みになっている時、色々あるんだけど、そもそも、大体、まず第一に、という、いわば口をとんがらかせて、言う決まり文句だからです。 http://eow.alc.co.jp/search?q=in+the+first+place
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回答してくださってありがとうございます。 意味は”私は第一に彼女に同伴することを求めなかった”のような気がしたのですが、そうなるとcompanyは”同伴する”という動詞になってしまう？と考えてしまいました。 すっきり解決しました。 in the first placeについて解説とリンクもありがとうございます。
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回答してくださってありがとうございます。 使役動詞や、知覚動詞などの後でもない限り、原形がくることはないのですね。 companyというと真っ先に”仲間”という単語が思い浮かぶのですが、 辞書を引いたら動詞に”同伴する、同行する”というのがあったので ここはその意味でとるのかと思って「動詞」でもあり得るのかと思ってしまいました。 her companyで”彼女の同席”と考えるとよかったのですね。