invade

侵攻する、侵略する

支配するために、他国や地域へ軍隊を送り込む。

やさしい英語で： To enter another country or area with soldiers in order to take control of it.

• The army invaded the country.
• Enemy troops invaded the island at dawn.
• They feared that their neighbour would invade.

類義語： attack, occupy

反対語： withdraw

よく使う表現： invade a country, invade enemy territory, invade an island, invade by sea

押し寄せる、なだれ込む

その場の人々に望まれないのに、大勢で入り込む。

やさしい英語で： To enter a place in large numbers when the people there do not want you.

• Tourists invade the village every summer.
• Football fans invaded the quiet square.
• Dozens of reporters had invaded her garden.

類義語： overrun, descend on

よく使う表現： invade a town, invade the beach, invade someone’s home

はびこる、侵入する

迷惑や害になるほど大量に入り込み、その場所に広がる。

やさしい英語で： To enter and spread through a place in unwanted or harmful numbers.

• Ants invaded our kitchen.
• Weeds have invaded the vegetable garden.
• By evening, mosquitoes had invaded the campsite.

類義語： infest, overrun

よく使う表現： invade the kitchen, invade a garden, invade someone’s home

侵入する、繁殖して広がる

新しい地域に広がり、もともといる植物や動物に害を与える。

やさしい英語で： To spread into a new area and harm the plants or animals that already live there.

• These weeds invade nearby fields.
• An introduced fish has invaded the lake.
• Foreign plants can invade habitats and crowd out native species.

類義語： colonize, overrun

よく使う表現： invade a habitat, invade native woodland, invade an ecosystem