charge up

充電する

電池や機器に電気を蓄え、使えるようにすること。

やさしい英語で： To put electricity into a battery or device so it can be used.

• I need to charge up my phone.
• We charged the batteries up overnight.
• Has your laptop charged up yet?

使い方： charge something up (Charge your phone up before you leave.)

類義語： charge, recharge

反対語： discharge

よく使う表現： charge up something, charge up batteries, charge up overnight

奮い立たせる、やる気を起こさせる

何かをする元気と決意を、相手に持たせること。

やさしい英語で： To make someone feel energetic and determined to do something.

• The coach charged up the team.
• Her speech charged us up for the competition.
• The crowd's cheers had charged him up before the race.

使い方： charge someone up for something (The speech charged the players up for the final.)

類義語： motivate, energize, fire up

反対語： discourage, demotivate

よく使う表現： charge up someone, charge up players, charge up supporters

意図的にHIVに感染させる

感染を望む相手に、わざとHIVをうつすこと。

やさしい英語で： To deliberately give someone HIV when they seek to become infected.

• He wanted his partner to charge him up.
• The interview described someone who had been charged up with HIV.
• He admitted charging up a partner who had asked to become infected.

使い方： charge someone up (He told his partner he wanted to be charged up with HIV.)

類義語： deliberately infect with HIV

よく使う表現： charge up someone, charge up partners