dire

悲惨な、深刻な

極めて悪い、深刻な、または恐ろしい。

やさしい英語で： Extremely bad, serious, or frightening.

• The situation is dire.
• Missing the payment could have dire consequences.
• After losing their jobs, they found themselves in dire straits.

類義語： terrible, dreadful, disastrous

よく使う表現： dire consequences, dire straits, dire situation

切実な、差し迫った

状況が非常に深刻で、今すぐ助けや対応を必要とする。

やさしい英語で： Needing help or action immediately because the situation is very serious.

• The family is in dire need.
• These children are in dire need of food.
• We sent blankets to people in dire need of warmth.

使い方： in dire need of something (The village is in dire need of clean water.)

類義語： urgent, pressing, desperate

よく使う表現： dire need, dire necessity, dire need of

ひどい

質が非常に悪い、またはひどい出来である。

やさしい英語で： Very poor in quality or very badly done.

• The acting was dire.
• We left early because the music was dire.
• That restaurant serves truly dire food.

類義語： awful, terrible, bad

反対語： excellent

よく使う表現： dire performance, dire acting, dire service

不吉な

とても悪いことが起こりそうだと感じさせる。

やさしい英語で： Suggesting that something very bad will happen.

• They saw dire omens in the sky.
• The old woman gave a dire warning.
• His dire prophecy frightened everyone in the village.

類義語： ominous, foreboding

反対語： promising

よく使う表現： dire omens, dire warnings, dire prophecy