leviathan

巨大なもの、巨人

非常に大きい、または強大な物や組織、人。

やさしい英語で： An extremely large or powerful thing, organization, or person.

• The company became a corporate leviathan.
• A steel leviathan slowly entered the harbor.
• Small firms struggle to compete with these industrial leviathans.

使い方： a leviathan of a something (A leviathan of a ship blocked the harbor entrance.)

類義語： giant, colossus, behemoth

よく使う表現： corporate leviathan, industrial leviathan, leviathan of something

リヴァイアサン、海の怪物

非常に大きく、強い力を持つ海の怪物。

やさしい英語で： An extremely large and powerful sea monster.

• A leviathan rose from the sea.
• The sailors feared a leviathan beneath their ship.
• The story describes leviathans swallowing whole boats.

類義語： sea monster

よく使う表現： sea leviathan, terrifying leviathan, ancient leviathan

リヴァイアサン、絶対国家

国民に強大な権力を振るい、特に厳しく支配する国家。

やさしい英語で： A political state with great power over its people, especially one that controls them harshly.

• The state became a leviathan.
• Citizens feared the growing power of this political leviathan.
• The essay asks whether a leviathan can protect individual freedom.

よく使う表現： state leviathan, political leviathan, powerful leviathan

巨大な

並外れて大きい。

やさしい英語で： Extremely large.

• A leviathan ship filled the harbor.
• They built a factory of leviathan proportions.
• The leviathan structure cast a shadow over the village.

類義語： huge, enormous, gigantic

反対語： tiny

よく使う表現： leviathan ship, leviathan proportions, leviathan structure