posse

仲間、友達グループ

普段から一緒に過ごす友人の集まり。特に若者についていう。

やさしい英語で： A group of friends or people who regularly spend time together, especially young people.

• My posse is here.
• He brought his whole posse to the party.
• A posse of school friends met at the café every Friday.

使い方： a posse of someone (She arrived with a posse of friends.)

類義語： crew, gang, circle of friends

よく使う表現： my posse, posse of friends, the whole posse

捜索隊

誰かを捜すために一緒に出かける人々の集団。

やさしい英語で： A group of people who go out together to look for someone.

• The posse searched the woods.
• The sheriff formed a posse to find the missing rider.
• Volunteers joined the posse before dawn.

類義語： search party

よく使う表現： form a posse, search posse, join the posse

犯罪集団、ギャング

一緒に犯罪を行う人々の集団。

やさしい英語で： A group of people who commit crimes together.

• The posse controlled the drug trade.
• Police arrested three members of the armed posse.
• Rival posses fought over territory in the city.

類義語： gang

よく使う表現： armed posse, rival posse, posse member

群衆、一団

集まった人々の一団。敵意や脅す意図を持つこともある。

やさしい英語で： A group of people gathered together, sometimes with unfriendly or threatening intentions.

• A large posse filled the street.
• A posse of strangers surrounded the gate.
• The approaching posse looked angry and ready for trouble.

使い方： a posse of people (A posse of angry villagers gathered outside.)

類義語： crowd, group, throng

よく使う表現： posse of people, angry posse, large posse