future

未来、将来

今より後の、まだ出来事が起きていない時間。

やさしい英語で： The time after now, when things have not happened yet.

• Nobody knows the future.
• Will people live longer in the future?
• She worried about what the future would bring.

使い方： in the future (We will need more space in the future.)

類義語： time ahead

反対語： past

よく使う表現： in the future, near future, distant future

将来、前途

人や物事が今後成功したり発展したりする見込み。

やさしい英語で： The chance that someone or something will succeed or develop in the years ahead.

• You have a bright future.
• Does this small company have a future?
• Her coach believed she had a great future in tennis.

使い方： a future in something (He has a future in music.); a future ahead of someone (You have a promising future ahead of you.)

類義語： prospects

よく使う表現： bright future, future in something, future ahead

未来時制、未来形

今より後に起こることを表す動詞の形。

やさしい英語で： A verb form used to talk about things that will happen after now.

• Use the future to describe tomorrow’s plans.
• This verb is in the future.
• We learned the simple future before studying more difficult tenses.

類義語： future tense

よく使う表現： simple future, future perfect, in the future

将来の、未来の

今より後に起こる、または存在する。

やさしい英語で： Happening or existing after now.

• We talked about our future plans.
• She met her future husband at university.
• Future generations will need clean water too.

類義語： coming, upcoming

反対語： past

よく使う表現： future generations, future plans, future husband