prognosis

予後

病気の今後の経過や回復の見込みについての医師の判断。

やさしい英語で： A doctor’s judgment about how an illness will develop and whether a patient will recover.

• The doctor gave a good prognosis.
• Early treatment can improve the prognosis.
• What is the prognosis for patients with this disease?

使い方： prognosis for someone/something (The prognosis for her recovery is good.)

類義語： outlook

よく使う表現： good prognosis, poor prognosis, prognosis for someone

予測、見通し

現在分かっていることを基に、状況がどう変わるかを判断したもの。

やさしい英語で： A judgment about how a situation will develop, based on what is known now.

• The economic prognosis looks poor.
• Her prognosis for the business was optimistic.
• Events soon challenged his gloomy prognosis.

使い方： prognosis for something (The prognosis for the industry remains uncertain.)

類義語： outlook, forecast, prediction

よく使う表現： economic prognosis, prognosis for something, bleak prognosis