rotten

腐った

食べ物が傷んで、もう食べてはいけない状態になっている。

やさしい英語で： Food that has gone bad and should no longer be eaten.

• This apple is rotten.
• We threw away the rotten vegetables.
• The kitchen smelled of rotten eggs.

類義語： spoiled, bad, decayed

反対語： fresh

よく使う表現： rotten fruit, rotten egg, rotten meat, rotten food

朽ちた、腐った

年月や水、自然の働きで腐り、もろくなったり傷んだりしている。

やさしい英語で： Broken down by age, water, or natural processes, so that it is weak or damaged.

• The fence posts are rotten.
• He replaced the rotten boards in the floor.
• A rotten branch broke off during the storm.

類義語： decayed, rotted

反対語： sound

よく使う表現： rotten wood, rotten floorboards, rotten tree

意地悪な、卑劣な

とても意地悪で、不公平だったり不誠実だったりする。

やさしい英語で： Very unkind, unfair, or dishonest.

• That was a rotten trick.
• She was rotten to everyone who tried to help.
• Only a rotten person would steal from a child.

使い方： be rotten to someone (He was rotten to his younger brother.)

類義語： mean, cruel, nasty

反対語： kind, decent

よく使う表現： rotten person, rotten to someone, rotten trick

ひどく、過度に

程度が非常に大きいこと。特に人にかまいすぎたり甘やかしすぎたりする場合に使う。

やさしい英語で： To a very great degree, especially when someone is given too much attention or too many treats.

• They spoil their dog rotten.
• We were pampered rotten at the hotel.
• That sudden noise scared me rotten.

使い方： spoil/pamper someone rotten (Her grandparents spoil her rotten.)

類義語： completely, thoroughly, extremely

よく使う表現： spoil someone rotten, pamper someone rotten, scare someone rotten