collide

衝突する、ぶつかる

動いている人や物が互いにぶつかる。

やさしい英語で： If people or things hit each other while moving, they crash into each other.

• Two cars collided outside the school.
• She collided with another runner.
• The bus collided with a wall in heavy rain.

使い方： collide with someone/something (The cyclist collided with a parked car.)

類義語： crash, crash into

よく使う表現： collide with something, collide head-on, particles collide

衝突する、対立する

考えや利害、人が強く対立し、折り合えない。

やさしい英語で： If ideas, interests, or people strongly disagree or cannot work together, they come into conflict.

• Their interests collided.
• Old traditions collided with new ideas.
• His views often collide with those of his colleagues.

使い方： collide with someone/something (Her ambitions collided with her parents’ expectations.)

類義語： clash, conflict

反対語： agree

よく使う表現： collide with something, interests collide, cultures collide