invalid

無効な、妥当でない

正しくない、正式に認められない、または使用に適さない。

やさしい英語で： Not correct, officially accepted, or suitable for use.

• This ticket is invalid.
• The website says my password is invalid.
• Her argument rests on an invalid assumption.

類義語： unacceptable, not valid

反対語： valid

よく使う表現： invalid ticket, invalid argument, invalid password

病人、長期療養者

長い病気やけがで普段の生活ができず、世話を必要とする人。

やさしい英語で： A person who needs care because a long illness or injury prevents normal daily activities.

• The nurse cared for an elderly invalid.
• He lived as an invalid after the accident.
• The family hired someone to look after the invalid.

よく使う表現： an elderly invalid, care for an invalid

傷病で除隊させる

病気やけがを理由に、特に軍務などの仕事から離れさせる。

やさしい英語で： To release someone from work, especially military service, because they are ill or injured.

• He was invalided out of the army.
• The wounded officer was invalided home.
• She was invalided out of service after a serious illness.

使い方： be invalided out of something (He was invalided out of the navy after an injury.); be invalided home (The soldier was invalided home with a serious illness.)

類義語： discharge

よく使う表現： invalid someone out, invalid someone home