damages

損害賠償金

受けた被害や損失を埋め合わせるために支払われるお金。

やさしい英語で： Money paid to someone because they have suffered harm or loss.

• The court awarded her damages.
• He is seeking damages for lost income.
• The company paid substantial damages to the injured workers.

使い方： damages for something (She claimed damages for the injury.); damages of an amount (The court awarded damages of fifty thousand dollars.)

類義語： compensation

よく使う表現： claim damages, award damages, damages for something

損害、被害

さまざまな種類の被害や損失、またはそれらの個々の事例。

やさしい英語で： Different instances or types of harm or loss.

• The report lists several environmental damages.
• Researchers compared the damages caused by different storms.
• The survey recorded physical and economic damages across the region.

類義語： losses, injuries

よく使う表現： environmental damages, physical damages, assess damages