burn out

燃え尽きる

働きすぎやストレスで、続けられないほど心や体が疲れ切ること。

やさしい英語で： To become too mentally or physically tired to continue because of too much work or stress.

• You will burn out without rest.
• Years of constant pressure burned her out.
• Many nurses burned out during the crisis.

使い方： burn yourself out (Do not burn yourself out working every weekend.); burn someone out (The constant overtime burned him out.)

類義語： exhaust oneself, wear oneself out

よく使う表現： burn out at work, burn out someone

切れる、焼き切れる

熱や長い使用で部品が傷み、動かなくなること。

やさしい英語で： To stop working because a part has been damaged by heat or long use.

• The bulb burned out.
• Our old motor has finally burned out.
• Will leaving it on all night burn it out?

使い方： burn something out (Too much current can burn the motor out.)

類義語： fail, blow

よく使う表現： burn out suddenly, burn out a motor

燃え尽きる

燃える物がなくなって、火が消えること。

やさしい英語で： To stop burning because there is nothing left for the fire to use.

• The candle burned out.
• We waited for the fire to burn out.
• These logs will burn out before morning.

類義語： go out

よく使う表現： burn out completely, burn out overnight

焼き尽くす

火で建物やその内部を焼いて、使えない状態にすること。

やさしい英語で： To destroy a building or its inside with fire.

• The fire burned out the garage.
• Flames burned out three shops overnight.
• The attackers tried to burn the building out.

使い方： burn something out (The blaze burned the house out.)

類義語： gut, destroy by fire

よく使う表現： burn out a building, burn out something

焼け落ちる

火によって内部や全体が焼かれ、壊れてしまうこと。

やさしい英語で： If something burns out, fire destroys its inside or all of it.

• The car burned out.
• The empty house burnt out during the night.
• Only a metal shell remained after the tank had burned out.

類義語： burn up

よく使う表現： burn out completely, burn out overnight

被曝限度に達させる

作業員を被曝限度に達させ、放射線を扱う仕事を続けられなくすること。

やさしい英語で： To expose a worker to so much radiation that they cannot safely do more work involving radiation.

• The reactor repairs burned out several workers.
• Repeated radiation exposure had burned out the entire repair crew.
• They rotated staff to avoid burning anyone out.

使い方： burn someone out (The reactor work burned the welders out.)

よく使う表現： burn out workers, burn out someone