sporting

スポーツの

運動や競技として行うスポーツに関係する様子。

やさしい英語で： Connected with games and physical activities that people do for exercise or competition.

• The shop sells sporting goods.
• We watched several sporting events this summer.
• The school has excellent sporting facilities.

類義語： sports

よく使う表現： sporting goods, sporting event, sporting activities

フェアな、スポーツマンらしい

試合や競技で、相手を尊重し、公平に振る舞う様子。

やさしい英語で： Behaving fairly and respectfully towards other players in a game or competition.

• She was a sporting opponent.
• His sporting gesture earned applause from both teams.
• It was sporting of you to admit the ball was out.

類義語： sportsmanlike, fair

反対語： unsporting

よく使う表現： sporting gesture, sporting behaviour, sporting opponent

寛大な

公平で心が広く、進んで助けたり難しい状況を受け入れたりする様子。

やさしい英語で： Being fair, generous, and willing to help or accept something difficult.

• That was a sporting offer.
• It was sporting of him to forgive the mistake.
• She gave us a sporting chance to finish the job.

使い方： be sporting of someone to do something (It was sporting of her to lend us her car.)

類義語： generous, fair, good-natured

反対語： mean

よく使う表現： sporting of someone, sporting offer, sporting chance

スポーツ活動

体を使うゲームや競技に参加すること。

やさしい英語で： The activity of taking part in physical games or competitions.

• Sporting occupied much of his free time.
• Their weekends were devoted to outdoor sporting.
• The old diary describes a life of work and sporting.

類義語： sport, sports participation

よく使う表現： outdoor sporting, weekend sporting