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I was working in a small interior design store. We sold a special type of chairs which customers sometimes looked at but never dared to sit in for some reason. I suppose they might’ve thought they were only for display, but considering how many customers moved around our table setting, I am not sure that is it. Anyway, I usually had to let them know it was all right to test them, upon which they first declined but then changed their minds.

upon which they first declined but then changed their minds.の意味とupon whichの部分の文法的解説をよろしくお願いします

No.2 ベストアンサー 回答者： google7 回答日時： 2025/03/07 12:53

upon whichを口語体で使うことはまずないが文語体であれば"after which" or "at which point"意味で使える。

質問文を言い換えれば

"I told them the chairs were okay to sit in, at which point they hesitated but eventually sat down."
→「試しても大丈夫だと伝えたところ、最初は断られたが、その後考えを変えた。」

この場合の"at which point"または質問文の”upon which"は「ところ」 or 「それにより」と言う意味になる。

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No.1 回答者： Tacosan 回答日時： 2025/03/02 22:50

upon which は

前置詞+関係代名詞
だねぇ.

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