green

緑

多くの草や葉に見られる色。

やさしい英語で： The color of most grass and leaves.

• Green is my favorite color.
• She painted the door a dark green.
• Mix blue and yellow to make green.

よく使う表現： dark green, a bright green, shade of green, light green

環境保護主義者、緑の党員

環境保護を支持する人、特に環境保護を掲げる政党の党員。

やさしい英語で： A person who supports protecting the environment, especially a member of an environmental political party.

• She has always been a green.
• The Greens won three seats in the election.
• Local greens opposed the new airport.

類義語： environmentalist

よく使う表現： a committed green, a local green

緑の

多くの草や葉のような色をした。

やさしい英語で： Having the color of most grass and leaves.

• Her eyes are green.
• He wore a green shirt yesterday.
• The hills turn greener after the rain.

よく使う表現： green grass, green eyes, a green shirt

環境に優しい

環境を守るのに役立つ、または環境への害が少ない。

やさしい英語で： Helping to protect the environment or causing less damage to it.

• We buy green energy.
• The city introduced greener transport policies.
• Can green technology help reduce pollution?

類義語： environmentally friendly, eco-friendly

よく使う表現： green energy, green policies, green technology

未熟な、熟していない

果物などがまだ熟しておらず、食べ頃でない。

やさしい英語で： Not yet ready to eat because it has not finished growing or developing.

• These bananas are still green.
• Do not pick the apples while they are green.
• She fried slices of green tomato.

類義語： unripe

反対語： ripe

よく使う表現： green bananas, green tomatoes, still green

未熟な、経験の浅い

仕事や活動の経験がまだ少ない。

やさしい英語で： Having little experience of an activity or job.

• I was very green when I started.
• The green recruits needed more training.
• She is a little green at dealing with customers.

使い方： green at something (I was still green at managing a team.)

類義語： inexperienced, new

反対語： experienced

よく使う表現： a green recruit, still green, green at something, a green trainee

うらやましがっている、嫉妬した

他人の持つものをうらやむ。特に「green with envy」で使う。

やさしい英語で： Unhappy because someone else has something you want, especially in the phrase green with envy.

• She was green with envy.
• The prize made his rivals turn green.
• My friends went green with envy when I showed them the tickets.

使い方： green with envy (His friends were green with envy when they saw his new car.)

類義語： envious, jealous

よく使う表現： green with envy, turn green

環境に優しくする

環境への害が少なくなるように何かを変える。

やさしい英語で： To change something so that it causes less harm to the environment.

• We want to green our business.
• The city greened its transport system by buying electric buses.
• How can we green the building industry?

類義語： make environmentally friendly

よく使う表現： green the economy, green a business, green our cities