dose

服用量、投与量

一度に飲んだり投与されたりする薬の量。

やさしい英語で： An amount of medicine that you take at one time.

• Take your next dose tonight.
• The doctor reduced her daily dose.
• Have you taken two doses today?

使い方： a dose of something (Take one dose of this medicine before bed.)

よく使う表現： take a dose, daily dose, recommended dose

一定量、ひとまとまり

受けたり経験したりする物事の量。特に強烈なものや不快なもの。

やさしい英語で： An amount of something that you receive or experience, especially something strong or unpleasant.

• We need a dose of common sense.
• The defeat gave them a painful dose of reality.
• She treats every promise with a healthy dose of doubt.

使い方： a dose of something (The story contains a generous dose of humour.)

類義語： amount, helping

よく使う表現： dose of reality, healthy dose, dose of humour

風邪

鼻水が出たり、せきが出たりする、よくある病気。

やさしい英語で： A cold: a common illness that makes your nose run and may make you cough.

• There’s a dose going around.
• I’ve caught a bad dose and keep sneezing.
• She stayed in bed until the dose passed.

類義語： cold

よく使う表現： a bad dose, catch a dose, dose going around

投薬する、薬を与える

人や動物に、量を決めて薬を与える。

やさしい英語で： To give a measured amount of medicine to a person or animal.

• The nurse dosed the patient carefully.
• The vet dosed the sheep with a worm treatment.
• Do not dose yourself with extra medicine.

使い方： dose someone/something with something (The vet dosed the dog with medicine.)

類義語： medicate

よく使う表現： dose someone with something, dose a patient, dose an animal