eat up

食べ尽くす、残さず食べる

食べ物を全部食べて、何も残さない。

やさしい英語で： To eat all of some food.

• Eat up your lunch.
• The children ate up all the cake.
• Have you eaten your vegetables up?

使い方： eat something up / eat up something (The children ate their lunch up.); eat it/them up (There are two biscuits left; eat them up.)

類義語： finish, eat all of

よく使う表現： eat up something, eat something up

消費する、使い果たす

お金、時間、場所などを大量に使う。

やさしい英語で： To use a large amount of money, time, space, or another resource.

• Rent eats up most of my pay.
• The repairs ate up all our savings.
• These files are eating up the computer’s memory.

使い方： eat up something / eat something up (Repairs ate up our savings.)

類義語： use up, consume, exhaust

反対語： save

よく使う表現： eat up time, eat up money, eat something up

苦しめる、さいなむ

強い心配、怒り、悲しみなどで人を長く苦しめる。

やさしい英語で： To make someone feel very worried, angry, or upset for a long time.

• Guilt was eating him up.
• Don’t let jealousy eat you up.
• She was eaten up by regret after the argument.

使い方： eat someone up (Guilt was eating him up.); be eaten up by/with something (She was eaten up with worry.)

類義語： torment, consume

よく使う表現： eat someone up, eat up someone

大いに楽しむ、夢中で吸収する

褒め言葉や物語、娯楽などを喜び、夢中になって受け入れる。

やさしい英語で： To enjoy or take in something with great interest or pleasure.

• The audience ate up her jokes.
• He loves attention and eats it up.
• Her fans ate up every detail of the new book.

使い方： eat up something / eat something up (The audience ate up his jokes.)

類義語： lap up, relish, devour

よく使う表現： eat up praise, eat something up

鵜呑みにする

相手の話が本当かどうか疑わず、すべて信じる。

やさしい英語で： To believe everything someone says without asking whether it is true.

• He ate up every lie.
• She told a wild story, and they ate it up.
• Why do you eat up everything that salesman says?

使い方： eat up something / eat something up (He ate up every excuse she offered.)

類義語： swallow, buy, believe

反対語： doubt

よく使う表現： eat up lies, eat something up

かわいくて食べたくなる

あまりにかわいくて、たっぷり愛情を示したくなる気持ちを冗談で表す。

やさしい英語で： To feel that someone is so cute you want to show great affection.

• You’re so cute I could eat you up!
• Look at those tiny cheeks; I could eat him up.
• She kissed the baby and said she could eat her up.

使い方： could eat someone/something up (That puppy is so cute I could eat it up.)

類義語： adore

よく使う表現： eat someone up, eat something up