aspiration

志望、大志、願望

大切な目標を達成したり、なりたい自分になったりしたいという強い願い。

やさしい英語で： A strong wish to achieve something important or become someone you want to be.

• His aspiration is to become a teacher.
• The course helped her achieve her career aspirations.
• What are your aspirations for the next five years?

使い方： an aspiration to do something (Her aspiration to study medicine shaped her choices.); an aspiration for something (They share an aspiration for a better future.)

類義語： ambition, goal, dream, aim

よく使う表現： career aspiration, personal aspiration, aspiration to succeed

吸引、誤嚥

空気や液体などを内部、特に肺へ吸い込むこと。

やさしい英語で： The act of drawing air, liquid, or other material in, especially into the lungs.

• Aspiration can cause breathing problems.
• The nurse checked for signs of aspiration after the patient choked.
• Difficulty swallowing increases the risk of aspiration.

使い方： aspiration of something into something (Aspiration of food into the lungs can cause infection.)

類義語： inhalation

よく使う表現： pulmonary aspiration, aspiration of food, aspiration risk

吸引、穿刺吸引

多くは中空の針を使い、体内の液体や組織を吸い出すこと。

やさしい英語で： Removing liquid or tissue from inside the body by suction, often through a hollow needle.

• The doctor recommended needle aspiration.
• Aspiration removed excess fluid from her knee.
• The tissue sample was collected by aspiration and sent to the laboratory.

使い方： aspiration of something from something (Aspiration of fluid from the cyst relieved the pain.)

類義語： suction

よく使う表現： needle aspiration, fluid aspiration, aspiration biopsy

帯気、気息

英語の「pin」の最初の音などで、発音直後に出る短い息。

やさしい英語で： A small burst of breath that follows certain speech sounds, such as the first sound in English 'pin'.

• Listen for aspiration after the consonant.
• English speakers often use aspiration at the start of stressed syllables.
• In some languages, aspiration changes a word's meaning.

よく使う表現： strong aspiration, consonant aspiration, aspiration of consonants