ambush

待ち伏せ、奇襲

隠れて相手を待っていた人たちが突然襲うこと。

やさしい英語で： An attack made by people who have been hiding and waiting for someone.

• The soldiers prepared an ambush.
• Their convoy drove into an ambush.
• Armed men lay in ambush beside the road.

使い方： lie in ambush for someone (The fighters lay in ambush for the patrol.)

類義語： surprise attack

よく使う表現： set an ambush, lie in ambush

待ち伏せする

隠れて相手を待ち、突然襲う。

やさしい英語で： To hide and wait for someone, then attack them suddenly.

• They ambushed the patrol.
• The convoy was ambushed near the bridge.
• Armed men waited to ambush passing vehicles.

類義語： waylay

よく使う表現： ambush a convoy, ambush someone