make whole

損失を補償する、損害を賠償する

相手が失った金額を埋め合わせるだけのお金を支払う。

やさしい英語で： To pay someone enough money to cover what they have lost.

• The insurer agreed to make us whole.
• The company made investors whole after the error.
• Will this payment make the victims whole?

使い方： make someone whole (The settlement made the injured worker whole.)

類義語： compensate, reimburse

よく使う表現： make someone whole, make whole financially

回復させる、癒やす

傷ついた人が健康や幸せ、自分らしさを取り戻せるようにする。

やさしい英語で： To help someone become healthy, happy, or fully themselves again after harm.

• The treatment helped make him whole again.
• She hoped that love would make her whole.
• Can time make us whole after such a loss?

使い方： make someone whole (Nothing could make her whole after that terrible loss.)

類義語： heal, restore

よく使う表現： make someone whole, make whole again

修復する、元通りにする

壊れた物を直したり、欠けた部分を補って元通りにしたりする。

やさしい英語で： To repair something damaged or return it to a complete condition.

• She tried to make the torn blanket whole.
• They made the damaged statue whole again.
• Can these fragments be made whole?

使い方： make something whole (The craftsman carefully made the broken bowl whole again.)

類義語： repair, restore, mend

反対語： break

よく使う表現： make something whole, make whole again