dim

薄暗い、くすんだ

光が弱い、または色が鮮やかではっきりしていない。

やさしい英語で： Giving little light, or having colours that are not strong or clear.

• The light is dim.
• We ate dinner in a dim room.
• The painting’s dim colours were hard to see from a distance.

類義語： faint, muted

反対語： bright

よく使う表現： dim light, dim room

ぼんやりした、かすかな

はっきり見えない、またはよく思い出せない。

やさしい英語で： Difficult to see clearly or remember well.

• I have a dim memory of that day.
• A dim outline appeared through the fog.
• His vision became dim after the injury.

類義語： unclear, faint, vague

反対語： clear

よく使う表現： dim memory, dim outline, dim recollection

頭が鈍い、鈍い

物事を理解するのに時間がかかる人を指す。

やさしい英語で： A person described this way is slow to understand things.

• He is a bit dim.
• She thought the new assistant was rather dim.
• Was I being dim when I missed the joke?

類義語： slow, stupid

反対語： clever, intelligent

よく使う表現： a bit dim, rather dim

暗くする、明るさを落とす

光を弱くして、明るさを下げる。

やさしい英語で： If you do this to a light, you make it less bright.

• Please dim the lights.
• She dimmed the screen before bed.
• Can you dim that lamp a little?

反対語： brighten

よく使う表現： dim the lights, dim the screen, dim a lamp

暗くなる、弱まる

光が弱くなり、明るさが減る。

やさしい英語で： If a light does this, it becomes less bright.

• The lights began to dim.
• The fire dimmed as the wood burned away.
• We watched the evening sky dim.

類義語： fade

反対語： brighten

よく使う表現： lights dim, flames dim, begin to dim

弱める、薄れさせる

感情や性質の強さ、または可能性を小さくする。

やさしい英語で： To make a feeling, quality, or chance weaker.

• The delay dimmed our hopes.
• Several defeats have dimmed their confidence.
• Nothing could dim her enthusiasm for the project.

類義語： weaken, dampen, diminish

反対語： strengthen

よく使う表現： dim someone’s hopes, dim the prospects, dim someone’s enthusiasm