turn to

頼る、相談する

人や組織に助けや助言を求める。

やさしい英語で： To ask a person or organization for help or advice.

• You can turn to me for help.
• He turned to a lawyer for advice.
• Who did you turn to when things went wrong?

使い方： turn to someone for something (She turned to her sister for advice.)

類義語： ask, consult, seek help from

よく使う表現： turn to someone, turn to friends, turn to experts

変わる、なる

別の物や違う状態になる。

やさしい英語で： To change into a different thing or state.

• The water turned to ice.
• Their joy soon turned to sadness.
• The abandoned building has turned to dust.

使い方： turn to something (The puddles turned to ice overnight.)

類義語： become, turn into

よく使う表現： turn to dust, turn to ice, turn to anger

頼る、手を出す

困難に対処するため、何かを使ったり行動を始めたりする。

やさしい英語で： To begin using something or doing something to deal with a difficult situation.

• She turned to music during a lonely winter.
• Some people turn to alcohol when they feel anxious.
• He had turned to stealing to feed his family.

使い方： turn to something (After losing his job, he turned to gambling.); turn to doing something (They turned to selling their belongings to pay the rent.)

類義語： resort to

よく使う表現： turn to alcohol, turn to crime, turn to something

取り組む、目を向ける

ある話題や活動に注意や力を注ぎ始める。

やさしい英語で： To begin giving your attention or effort to a particular subject or activity.

• Let us turn to the next question.
• After lunch, we turned to planning the trip.
• He turned to painting late in life.

使い方： turn to something (The discussion turned to the cost of the project.); turn to doing something (She turned to writing stories after retirement.)

類義語： focus on, take up, address

よく使う表現： turn to writing, turn to something, turn to business

変える、変化させる

人や物を別のものや違う状態に変える。

やさしい英語で： To make someone or something change into a different thing or state.

• The cold turned the water to ice.
• The fire turned our furniture to ash.
• In the story, a spell turned the prince to stone.

使い方： turn someone/something to something (The fire turned the papers to ash.)

類義語： transform, turn into, convert

よく使う表現： turn something to dust, turn someone to stone, turn something to ash

仕事に取りかかる

特に船員が命令を受けて、一生懸命に働き始める。

やさしい英語で： To begin working hard, especially when sailors are told to do their jobs.

• The captain ordered the crew to turn to.
• We turned to and cleaned the deck.
• Everyone must turn to before the ship leaves.

類義語： get to work, set to

反対語： stop work

よく使う表現： turn to now, turn to immediately, turn to again