hazard

危険、危険要因

けがや損害を引き起こすおそれのあるもの。

やさしい英語で： Something that can cause harm, injury, or damage.

• That broken step is a hazard.
• Smoking creates a serious fire hazard.
• Workers must report any safety hazards they notice.

使い方： hazard to someone/something (Loose wires are a hazard to children.)

類義語： danger, threat

よく使う表現： fire hazard, health hazard, safety hazard, hazard to someone

ハザード、障害区域

ゴルフ場で、球を打ちにくくする砂地や水のある区域。

やさしい英語で： An area of sand or water on a golf course that makes hitting the ball more difficult.

• The ball landed in a hazard.
• A water hazard lies beside the green.
• She avoided both hazards with a long shot.

類義語： obstacle

よく使う表現： water hazard, sand hazard, hit a hazard, avoid the hazard

危険性、危険

被害を受けたり、何かを失ったりする可能性。

やさしい英語で： The possibility of suffering harm or losing something.

• The journey involved considerable hazard.
• They continued despite the hazard of injury.
• She spoke out at the hazard of her reputation.

使い方： at the hazard of something (He helped them at the hazard of his own life.)

類義語： risk, danger, peril

反対語： safety

よく使う表現： at great hazard, hazard of death, personal hazard

危険にさらす、思い切って述べる

何かを危険にさらすこと。また、確信のない推測や意見を思い切って述べること。

やさしい英語で： To take a risk with something or offer an uncertain guess or opinion.

• I can hazard a guess.
• He hazarded his life to save her.
• Would you hazard an opinion on the result?

類義語： risk, venture

よく使う表現： hazard your life, hazard a guess, hazard an opinion, hazard a prediction