cavalier

無頓着な、ぞんざいな

大切なことに十分な注意や敬意を払わない。

やさしい英語で： Not showing enough care or respect for something important.

• He was cavalier about safety.
• Her cavalier attitude upset the staff.
• The report criticised their cavalier treatment of private information.

使い方： cavalier about something (They were cavalier about the safety rules.); a cavalier attitude towards something (His cavalier attitude towards money worried her.)

類義語： careless, dismissive, reckless

反対語： careful, conscientious

よく使う表現： cavalier attitude, cavalier about something, cavalier treatment

騎兵

馬に乗って戦う兵士。

やさしい英語で： A soldier who fights on horseback.

• The cavalier rode ahead.
• An armoured cavalier charged across the field.
• The painting shows a cavalier carrying a sword.

類義語： cavalryman, horseman

よく使う表現： mounted cavalier, armoured cavalier, cavalier on horseback