terror

恐怖、恐れ

非常に強く恐ろしいと感じる気持ち。

やさしい英語で： A very strong feeling of fear.

• His eyes were full of terror.
• We fled in terror when the roof collapsed.
• Have you ever felt such sudden terror?

使い方： in terror (She stared at the snake in terror.)

類義語： fear, dread, fright

よく使う表現： in terror, sheer terror, filled with terror

テロ、テロリズム

政治的な目的を達成するために、人々を脅す暴力や威嚇。

やさしい英語で： Violence or threats used to frighten people and achieve political aims.

• The group used terror to silence opponents.
• Several people died in the terror attack.
• The government promised to end the campaign of terror.

類義語： terrorism

よく使う表現： war on terror, terror attack, campaign of terror

悪ガキ、いたずらっ子

悪いことをして多くの迷惑をかける人、特に子ども。

やさしい英語で： Someone, especially a child, who behaves badly and causes a lot of trouble.

• My little brother is a terror.
• Those two terrors hid all my shoes.
• Was she always such a terror at school?

類義語： troublemaker, rascal

よく使う表現： a little terror, a real terror, such a terror

恐怖の的、恐ろしいもの

人々に強い恐怖を感じさせる人や物。

やさしい英語で： A person or thing that makes people feel very afraid.

• That beast was a terror.
• The pirate became the terror of the coast.
• She wrote about the terrors of the deep sea.

使い方： the terror of somewhere (The huge dog was the terror of the village.)

類義語： menace, scourge

よく使う表現： terror of somewhere, a real terror, terrors of something

非常に厳しい、恐ろしい

とても厳しく、多くの生徒に不合格の成績をつける先生を表す。

やさしい英語で： Describing a teacher who is very strict and gives many students failing grades.

• We have a terror teacher this year.
• Our terror math teacher failed half the class.
• Students avoid taking courses with that terror professor.

類義語： strict, fearsome

反対語： lenient

よく使う表現： terror teacher, terror math teacher, terror professor