abide

従う、守る

規則を守ったり、決定を受け入れたりする。

やさしい英語で： To follow a rule or accept a decision.

• You must abide by the rules.
• Both sides agreed to abide by the decision.
• Will they abide by the terms of the contract?

使い方： abide by something (All members must abide by the club rules.)

類義語： obey, follow, comply with

反対語： disobey

よく使う表現： abide by rules, abide by something

我慢する、耐える

人や物事に我慢する。「cannot abide」は大嫌いで耐えられないという意味。

やさしい英語で： If you cannot bear someone or something, you strongly dislike them.

• I cannot abide that smell.
• She could never abide rude people.
• He cannot abide being kept waiting.

使い方： cannot abide someone/something (I cannot abide loud music.); cannot abide doing something (She cannot abide waiting in queues.)

類義語： stand, tolerate, bear

よく使う表現： cannot abide something, cannot abide someone

耐え忍ぶ、我慢する

不快なことを辛抱強く受け入れて我慢する。

やさしい英語で： To accept something unpleasant patiently.

• She abided the delay without complaint.
• He learned to abide pain in silence.
• They abided their troubles patiently.

類義語： bear, endure, tolerate

よく使う表現： abide the delay, abide suffering

耐える、持ちこたえる

害や困難に負けず、強さを保って持ちこたえる。

やさしい英語で： To stay strong despite something harmful or difficult.

• The old walls abided the storm.
• Few could abide such hardship without losing hope.
• The oak abides the strongest winds.

類義語： withstand, endure

よく使う表現： abide the storm, abide hardship