psych

心理的に揺さぶる、威圧する

相手の心に働きかけ、不安にさせたり、混乱させたり、自信を失わせたりする。

やさしい英語で： To make someone nervous, confused, or less confident by affecting their thoughts or feelings.

• Do not let him psych you out.
• The champion psyched out his rival before the fight.
• I psyched myself out by imagining everything going wrong.

使い方： psych someone out (His threats were meant to psych me out.)

類義語： intimidate, unsettle

よく使う表現： psych someone out, psych yourself out

奮い立たせる、気合を入れさせる

人のやる気を高め、難しいことに挑む心の準備をさせる。

やさしい英語で： To make someone excited and mentally ready for something difficult.

• This song always psychs me up.
• She psyched herself up before the interview.
• The captain is psyching the team up for the match.

使い方： psych someone up for something (The coach psyched us up for the final.)

類義語： motivate, fire up

よく使う表現： psych someone up, psych yourself up

気合を入れる

難しいことに挑むために、自分のやる気を高めて心の準備をする。

やさしい英語で： To become excited and mentally ready for a difficult experience.

• We need to psych up before the match.
• She psyched up for the climb by listening to music.
• The players are psyching up in the changing room.

使い方： psych up for something (The runners were psyching up for the race.)

類義語： get ready, get fired up

よく使う表現： psych up, psych for something

見抜く、解明する

よく調べて、問題の仕組みや人の考え方を理解する。

やさしい英語で： To understand a problem or how someone thinks by studying it carefully.

• Can you psych this problem out?
• He spent hours trying to psych out her motives.
• We finally psyched out what the strange message meant.

使い方： psych someone/something out (She tried to psych out her opponent before the match.)

類義語： figure out, work out

よく使う表現： psych something out, psych someone out

精神科、精神科病棟

心の病気や問題を抱える人を治療する病院や病院内の部門。

やさしい英語で： A hospital or hospital department that treats people with mental health problems.

• She works in the psych ward.
• He spent two weeks in psych after the crisis.
• The hospital is opening a new psych unit.

類義語： psychiatric ward, psychiatric hospital

よく使う表現： psych ward, psych unit, in psych

うそだよ、引っかかったね

うその話をした後で、冗談だったと明かして相手をからかう言葉。

やさしい英語で： You say this after a false statement to show that you were joking and fooled someone.

• You won a car. Psych!
• I ate your cake. Psych! It is still in the fridge.
• I am leaving forever. Psych! I will be back tomorrow.

類義語： gotcha, just kidding

よく使う表現： psych just kidding, psych fooled you

やった、すごい

何かに突然うれしくなったり興奮したりしたときに言う言葉。

やさしい英語で： You say this when something makes you suddenly happy or excited.

• Psych! We won the game!
• Psych! My lost keys were in my coat pocket.
• Psych! They have given us free tickets.

類義語： wow, hooray

よく使う表現： psych we won, psych at last

サイケデリックな

夢のような感覚を思わせる、独特な音のロック音楽に関する。

やさしい英語で： Related to rock music with unusual sounds that suggest dreamlike experiences.

• They play psych rock.
• Her new psych album features long guitar solos.
• Several local psych bands performed at the festival.

類義語： psychedelic

よく使う表現： psych rock, psych band, psych album