hush up

もみ消す、隠蔽する

恥ずかしいことや不正が人に知られないように隠す。

やさしい英語で： To prevent people from learning about something embarrassing or wrong.

• They tried to hush up the scandal.
• The company hushed up several serious accidents.
• Why was the report hushed up?

使い方： hush something up (Officials tried to hush the accident up.)

類義語： cover up, conceal, suppress

反対語： reveal, expose

よく使う表現： hush up something, hush up a scandal

黙る、静かになる

話したり音を立てたりするのをやめる。

やさしい英語で： To stop talking or making noise.

• Hush up and listen.
• The children hushed up when the story began.
• Will you hush up for a minute?

類義語： be quiet, quiet down

よく使う表現： hush up now, hush up quickly

黙らせる、口を封じる

特に情報を漏らさないように、人の話をやめさせる。

やさしい英語で： To make someone stop speaking, especially to stop them revealing information.

• She hushed the children up.
• Someone threatened him to hush him up.
• Did they pay the witness to hush her up?

使い方： hush someone up (They tried to hush the witness up.)

類義語： silence, quiet

よく使う表現： hush up someone, hush up witnesses