bounty

懸賞金、賞金

特定の人や動物を捕らえたり殺したりした人に支払うと約束された金。

やさしい英語で： Money offered for catching or killing a particular person or animal.

• They offered a bounty for his capture.
• A bounty hunter found the missing criminal.
• The ranchers paid a bounty for every wolf killed.

使い方： a bounty on someone/something (The government placed a bounty on the escaped prisoner.)

類義語： reward

よく使う表現： bounty hunter, bounty on someone, claim a bounty

報奨金、褒賞

何かを行った報酬として、特に政府や公的機関から与えられるもの。

やさしい英語で： A reward given for doing something, especially by a government or other official organization.

• The government offered a bounty for useful information.
• Researchers received a bounty for each confirmed discovery.
• The scheme pays a bounty to successful recruits.

使い方： a bounty for doing something (The town offered a bounty for finding the missing documents.)

類義語： reward, payment

よく使う表現： government bounty, bounty for something, receive a bounty

恵み、贈り物

豊富に与えられるものや、気前よく贈られるもの。

やさしい英語で： Something given in large amounts or as a generous gift.

• We shared the garden’s bounty.
• The baskets held the bounty of the autumn harvest.
• She received their bounty with quiet gratitude.

類義語： gift, offering

よく使う表現： nature’s bounty, summer’s bounty, share the bounty

気前のよさ、寛大さ

人に惜しまず多くを与える気持ちや、そのような行為。

やさしい英語で： The willingness to give others a great deal, or an act of giving generously.

• The poor benefited from her bounty.
• His bounty supported families throughout the winter.
• They remembered the king’s acts of bounty.

類義語： generosity, liberality

反対語： stinginess

よく使う表現： royal bounty, someone’s bounty, acts of bounty