shatter

粉々になる、粉砕する

突然多くの小さな破片に割れる、または物をそのように割る。

やさしい英語で： To break suddenly into many small pieces, or make something break this way.

• The glass shattered on the floor.
• A stone shattered the window.
• The frozen lake’s thin ice began to shatter.

使い方： shatter into something (The plate shattered into tiny pieces.)

類義語： smash, break

よく使う表現： shatter a window, shatter into pieces

打ちのめす、打ち砕く

人をひどく悲しませたり、希望や自信、幸せを壊したりする。

やさしい英語で： To make someone feel deeply upset or destroy their hope, confidence, or happiness.

• The news shattered her.
• Repeated failures shattered his confidence.
• Their defeat shattered the team’s hopes of reaching the final.

類義語： devastate, crush

よく使う表現： shatter someone’s confidence, shatter someone’s hopes, shatter someone