vision

視力、視覚

目で物を見る能力。

やさしい英語で： The ability to see with your eyes.

• My vision is poor.
• These glasses have improved her vision.
• He lost his vision in one eye.

類義語： sight, eyesight

反対語： blindness

よく使う表現： poor vision, blurred vision, loss of vision, clear vision

先見の明、ビジョン

よりよい未来を思い描き、実現する方法を考える力。

やさしい英語で： The ability to imagine a better future and think of ways to achieve it.

• A good leader needs vision.
• His vision helped the company grow.
• We share a vision for a cleaner city.

使い方： vision for something (She explained her vision for the city's future.)

類義語： foresight

反対語： shortsightedness

よく使う表現： have vision, vision for something, lack of vision

幻、幻影

実際にはそこにないのに、見えるように感じるもの。

やさしい英語で： Something you seem to see, although it is not really there.

• The vision soon vanished.
• She saw a strange vision in her dream.
• Was the figure real, or just a vision?

使い方： vision of someone/something (He saw a vision of his childhood home.)

類義語： apparition, hallucination

よく使う表現： see a vision, vision of someone, strange vision