look down on

見下す

人や物を自分より劣っている、または価値が低いと考える。

やさしい英語で： To think someone or something is less good or less important than you.

• Do not look down on others.
• She looked down on his simple clothes.
• Why do some people look down on manual work?

使い方： look down on someone/something (They look down on people with less money.)

類義語： despise, scorn

反対語： respect, admire

よく使う表現： look down on someone, look down on something

見下ろす

高い場所から下にいる人や物を見る。

やさしい英語で： To see someone or something from a higher place.

• We look down on the garden.
• She looked down on the street from her balcony.
• Can you look down on the valley from here?

使い方： look down on something from somewhere (We looked down on the town from the hill.)

類義語： view from above

よく使う表現： look down on something, look down on someone

天国から見守る

亡くなった人が天国から地上の人や出来事を見守る。

やさしい英語で： For someone who has died, to watch people or events on earth from heaven.

• Grandma is looking down on us.
• He believed his father looked down on him from heaven.
• Would she smile if she could look down on us now?

使い方： look down on someone from heaven (We believe Grandpa looks down on us from heaven.)

類義語： watch over

よく使う表現： look down on someone, look down on us