charity

慈善団体

助けを必要とする人に、お金や物、サービスを提供する団体。

やさしい英語で： An organization that gives money, goods, or services to people who need help.

• She works for a charity.
• The charity provides meals for homeless people.
• Several charities helped after the flood.

類義語： aid organization

よく使う表現： local charity, registered charity, work for charity

慈善活動

貧しい人や病気の人、困っている人を助ける活動。

やさしい英語で： The work of helping people who are poor, ill, or in need.

• They raised money for charity.
• He spends weekends doing charity work.
• All ticket sales will go to charity.

使い方： for charity (We held a concert for charity.)

類義語： charitable work

よく使う表現： for charity, charity work, give to charity

施し、援助

必要としている人に与えるお金や物、その他の援助。

やさしい英語で： Money, goods, or other help given to people who need them.

• He refused to accept charity.
• The family depended on charity for food.
• She needed a job, not charity.

類義語： aid, help

よく使う表現： accept charity, live on charity, receive charity

慈愛、思いやり

他人に優しく、気を配り、理解をもって接する心。

やさしい英語で： The quality of treating others with kindness, care, and understanding.

• She treated everyone with charity.
• Try to show some charity toward his mistakes.
• His harsh judgment lacked charity.

使い方： charity toward someone (She showed charity toward people who disagreed with her.)

類義語： kindness, compassion, benevolence

反対語： cruelty

よく使う表現： show charity, Christian charity, charity toward someone