down with

で寝込んでいる、にかかっている

特定の病気にかかり、多くの場合いつもの活動ができないほど具合が悪い。

やさしい英語で： Ill because of a particular disease, often too ill to do normal activities.

• I'm down with a cold.
• She was down with flu all week.
• Three players have come down with a stomach bug.

使い方： be down with an illness (Half the class is down with flu.); come down with an illness (He came down with a cold on Monday.)

類義語： ill with, suffering from

よく使う表現： down with flu, down with a cold, down with something

賛成で、乗り気で

人や物事、提案された活動を喜んで受け入れたり支持したりする状態。

やさしい英語で： Happy to accept or support someone, something, or a suggested activity.

• I'm down with that plan.
• Are you down with going out tonight?
• She was totally down with our idea.

使い方： be down with something/doing something (I'm down with meeting earlier.)

類義語： okay with, in favor of

反対語： against

よく使う表現： down with something, down with that, down with the plan

打倒、反対

人や集団を権力の座から退かせたり、慣行をやめさせたりするための叫び。

やさしい英語で： A shout calling for a person, group, or practice to lose power or end.

• Down with corruption!
• Protesters carried signs saying, 'Down with the government!'
• The students shouted, 'Down with unfair rules!'

使い方： down with someone/something! (The crowd shouted, 'Down with the dictator!')

反対語： long live

よく使う表現： down with tyranny, down with corruption, down with the government