attack

攻撃、襲撃

人を傷つけたり物を壊したりしようとする行為。

やさしい英語で： An attempt to hurt a person or damage something.

• He survived a violent attack.
• The dog’s attack left her badly hurt.
• Police are investigating attacks on local shops.

使い方： an attack on someone/something (The attack on the shop happened at night.)

類義語： assault

よく使う表現： violent attack, attack on someone, dog attack

非難、攻撃

人の評判を傷つけたり、考えや権利を弱めたりするための強い批判。

やさしい英語で： Strong criticism intended to damage someone’s reputation or weaken an idea or right.

• His speech was an attack on the government.
• She faced personal attacks after the interview.
• They called the ban an attack on freedom.

使い方： an attack on someone/something (The article contained an attack on her record.)

類義語： criticism, assault

反対語： praise

よく使う表現： personal attack, verbal attack, attack on something

攻撃、攻勢

兵士が敵を倒したり、ある場所を奪ったりするための軍事行動。

やさしい英語で： A military action in which soldiers try to defeat an enemy or take a place.

• The army launched an attack at dawn.
• Their attack forced the enemy to retreat.
• Several attacks on the bridge failed.

使い方： an attack on something (They planned an attack on the enemy base.)

類義語： assault, offensive

反対語： defence

よく使う表現： launch an attack, air attack, surprise attack

襲う、攻撃する

力を使って人を傷つけたり、物を壊したりしようとする。

やさしい英語で： To try to hurt someone or damage something using force.

• The dog attacked him.
• Soldiers attacked the enemy camp at night.
• Why did they attack the bus?

類義語： assault, strike

反対語： defend

よく使う表現： attack someone, attack a village, attack from behind

非難する、酷評する

人を非常に厳しく批判したり、責めたりする。

やさしい英語で： To criticize or blame someone very strongly.

• He attacked the manager’s behaviour.
• The newspapers attacked her for the mistake.
• She was attacked publicly by her opponents.

使い方： attack someone for something (They attacked him for wasting public money.)

類義語： criticize, condemn

反対語： praise

よく使う表現： attack someone verbally, attack someone for something, attack someone publicly, attack a policy

傷つける、損なう

反対の意見を述べるなどして、何かを壊したり大きく弱めたりしようとする。

やさしい英語で： To try to destroy or seriously weaken something, often by speaking against it.

• The false claims attacked her reputation.
• His lawyers attacked the witness’s credibility.
• They used rumours to attack his character.

類義語： undermine, assail

よく使う表現： attack someone’s reputation, attack someone’s credibility, attack someone’s character

取り組む

仕事や問題に、意欲と決意を持って取りかかる。

やさしい英語で： To start dealing with a task or problem with energy and determination.

• Let’s attack the hardest problem first.
• She attacked the cleaning with fresh energy.
• We can attack the remaining tasks tomorrow.

使い方： attack something with something (He attacked the task with enthusiasm.)

類義語： tackle, set about

よく使う表現： attack a problem, attack a task, attack the homework

攻撃用の

戦いや加害、厳しい批判のために訓練、飼育、設計された。

やさしい英語で： Trained, kept, or designed to fight, harm, or strongly criticize others.

• They trained an attack dog.
• An attack helicopter flew over the base.
• The candidate released several attack ads.

よく使う表現： attack dog, attack helicopter, attack ad