toll

悪影響、代償

つらい経験や厳しい状況によって生じる害や苦しみ。

やさしい英語で： The harm or suffering caused by a difficult experience or situation.

• Stress takes a toll on your health.
• Years of hard work took their toll.
• She felt the emotional toll of caring for him.

使い方： take a toll on someone/something (The long journey took a toll on her body.)

類義語： cost, damage

よく使う表現： take a toll, heavy toll, emotional toll

通行料

道路や橋、トンネルなどの利用に支払うお金。

やさしい英語で： Money you pay to use a road, bridge, tunnel, or other service.

• We paid a toll at the bridge.
• The tunnel toll has increased.
• Do you have enough cash for the toll?

類義語： fee, charge

よく使う表現： pay a toll, road toll, toll booth

犠牲者数、被害

災害で亡くなった人の数や、被害の大きさ。

やさしい英語で： The number of deaths or the amount of damage caused by a disaster.

• The death toll rose overnight.
• Officials are assessing the toll from the flood.
• The war took a terrible toll on the population.

類義語： losses, damage

よく使う表現： death toll, heavy toll, toll from something

鐘の音

大きな鐘がゆっくり繰り返し鳴る音。葬儀などで聞かれる。

やさしい英語で： The slow, repeated ringing of a large bell, often for a funeral.

• We heard the toll of a bell.
• The church bell’s toll broke the silence.
• A solemn toll marked the end of the funeral.

類義語： ringing, knell

よく使う表現： toll of something, funeral toll, solemn toll

加工料

他人の所有する材料を加工する会社に支払う料金。

やさしい英語で： Money paid to a company for processing materials owned by someone else.

• The refinery charges a toll for processing ore.
• Our contract sets the toll per tonne.
• The owner paid a toll to have the metal processed.

類義語： processing fee

よく使う表現： processing toll, refining toll, pay a toll

鳴り響く、鳴らす

大きな鐘がゆっくり繰り返し鳴る、またはそのように鳴らす。

やさしい英語で： To ring a large bell slowly and repeatedly, or to make it ring this way.

• The church bell tolled.
• They tolled the bell for the dead.
• We heard bells tolling at midnight.

使い方： toll for someone (The bells tolled for the victims.)

類義語： ring, knell

よく使う表現： toll a bell, toll for someone

通行料を課す

道路や橋などを使う人に料金を払わせる。

やさしい英語で： To make people pay to use a road, bridge, or similar facility.

• The city plans to toll the bridge.
• They tolled the highway to fund repairs.
• Will the government toll this tunnel?

類義語： charge for

よく使う表現： toll a bridge, toll a road, toll a tunnel

鐘を鳴らして呼ぶ

鐘を鳴らして、人々をある場所に呼び集める。

やさしい英語で： To call people to a place by ringing a bell.

• The bell tolled the workers home.
• They tolled the villagers to evening prayers.
• A monk tolled everyone back to the chapel.

使い方： toll someone to something (They tolled the workers to the evening service.)

類義語： summon, call

よく使う表現： toll someone back, toll someone home