JLPT Taisaku 93#はおろか

はおろか

Meaning：

Let alone; not only ~ ( but also~); not to mention; to say nothing of; never mind; much less

Examples；

インターネットはおらか、パソコンも触ったことがないのだが、講習会についていけるだろうか。

Never having touched a computer, let alone used the Internet, I wonder if I will be able to keep up in the workshop.

最近は大学生はおろか、中学生でもかなりの者が海外旅行を経験している。

Never mind college students, these days even junior and senior high school students often have experienced traveling abroad.

アメリカは、隣町まで100マイル、途中ガソリンスタンドはおろか、民家さえないという場所がたくさんある。

In America there are many places where the next town is 100 miles away and there are no houses, let alone a gas station, in between.

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