award

賞、表彰

優れた働きや成果を認めて、人に与える賞や栄誉。

やさしい英語で： A prize or special honour given to someone for doing something well.

• She won an award.
• The school gives awards for excellent work.
• Who received the award for best actor?

使い方： an award for something (She received an award for her research.)

類義語： prize, honour, trophy

よく使う表現： win an award, receive an award, annual award, achievement award

賠償金、補償金

裁判に勝った人に支払うよう、裁判所が命じたお金。

やさしい英語で： Money that a court says someone must receive after winning a legal case.

• The court increased her award.
• He received a large award after the accident.
• The company appealed against the damages award.

使い方： an award of an amount (The court approved an award of ten thousand pounds.)

類義語： compensation, damages

よく使う表現： damages award, compensation award, award of damages

授与する、贈る

優れた成果を認めて、人に正式に賞や栄誉を与える。

やさしい英語で： To officially give someone a prize or honour because they have done something well.

• They awarded him a medal.
• The school awards scholarships to its best students.
• She was awarded a prize for her short story.

使い方： award someone something (The judges awarded her first prize.); award something to someone (They awarded the medal to a young swimmer.)

類義語： give, present, confer

よく使う表現： award a prize, award someone something, award a medal

認める、与える、発注する

お金や契約などの利益を誰かに与えると正式に決める。

やさしい英語で： To officially decide that someone should receive money, a contract, or another benefit.

• The court awarded her damages.
• The city awarded the contract to our company.
• He was awarded fifty thousand pounds in compensation.

使い方： award someone something (The judge awarded him compensation.); award something to someone (The council awarded the contract to a local company.)

類義語： grant, allocate

よく使う表現： award a contract, award someone damages, award compensation, award damages

点を与える、得点をつける

試験で正しい答えやよい出来に対して点を与える。

やさしい英語で： To give points for a correct answer or good work in a test.

• Award one point for each correct answer.
• The teacher awarded her full marks.
• No marks were awarded for the final question.

使い方： award marks/points for something (The teacher awarded two marks for the correct method.)

類義語： give, assign

反対語： deduct

よく使う表現： award marks, award full marks, award someone points