fire up

奮い立たせる、盛り上げる

人をわくわくさせたり、やる気や元気を与えたりすること。

やさしい英語で： To make someone feel excited, energetic, or eager to do something.

• The music fired up the crowd.
• Her speech really fired me up.
• Are you fired up for tomorrow’s match?

使い方： fire someone up (The coach’s speech fired us up.); be fired up for something (The players are fired up for the final.)

類義語： excite, energize, motivate

反対語： discourage

よく使う表現： fire up someone, fire up the crowd

火をつける

グリルやストーブなどの燃料に火をつける。

やさしい英語で： To light a fire in a grill, stove, or similar piece of equipment.

• Let’s fire up the grill.
• He fired up the stove to cook dinner.
• Have you fired the barbecue up yet?

使い方： fire something up (We fired the barbecue up before the guests arrived.)

類義語： light, ignite

反対語： extinguish

よく使う表現： fire up the grill, fire up a stove

始動させる、始動する

エンジンを動かす、またはエンジンが動き始める。

やさしい英語で： To make an engine begin running, or to begin running as an engine.

• The engine fired up at once.
• We fired up the generator during the storm.
• Will this old motor fire up?

使い方： fire something up (She fired the engine up and drove away.)

類義語： start, start up

反対語： stop, shut down

よく使う表現： fire up an engine, fire up a generator

起動する、立ち上げる

使うためにコンピューターのソフトを立ち上げること。

やさしい英語で： To open a computer program so you can use it.

• Fire up your browser.
• She fired up the app to check the weather.
• I’ll fire up a text editor and fix the file.

使い方： fire something up (Fire your browser up and visit our website.)

類義語： open, launch, run

反対語： close

よく使う表現： fire up a browser, fire up an app