reflect

反映する、表す

感情、考え、状況を示すこと、または物事の実際の姿を表すこと。

やさしい英語で： To show someone's feelings, ideas, or situation, or to match what something is really like.

• Her face reflected her worry.
• The results reflect a change in public opinion.
• Does this report accurately reflect the situation?

類義語： show, represent, express

よく使う表現： reflect someone's views, reflect reality, reflect the changes, reflect someone's feelings

反射する、映す

表面に当たった光を返し、光や像が見えるようにすること。

やさしい英語で： To send light back from a surface, making light or an image visible.

• Mirrors reflect light.
• The lake reflected the blue sky.
• These bright strips reflect car headlights at night.

類義語： send back, mirror

反対語： absorb

よく使う表現： reflect light, reflect an image, reflect someone's face, reflect the sky

熟考する、振り返る

物事について、特に自分の経験や行動についてじっくり考えること。

やさしい英語で： To think carefully about something, especially your experiences or actions.

• I need time to reflect.
• She reflected on the day's events.
• Have you reflected on why the plan failed?

使い方： reflect on/upon something (She reflected on her years abroad.); reflect on how/what/why… (He reflected on what he could have done differently.)

類義語： think carefully, consider, ponder

よく使う表現： reflect on something, reflect upon something, time to reflect

反射する

光や音が表面に当たり、そこから跳ね返ること。

やさしい英語で： If light or sound does this, it hits a surface and travels back away from it.

• Light reflects off the water.
• The sound reflected from the stone walls.
• Sunlight was reflecting off the windows into my eyes.

使い方： reflect off/from something (Sound reflects off the walls of the tunnel.)

類義語： bounce back

よく使う表現： reflect off something, reflect from something, reflect back

映る

鏡や水など、光沢のある表面に姿が映ること。

やさしい英語で： To appear as an image in a mirror, water, or another shiny surface.

• The moon reflected in the lake.
• Her face reflected from the dark window.
• Colored lights reflect in the wet street after rain.

使い方： reflect in/from something (The moon reflected in the still pond.)

類義語： be mirrored

よく使う表現： reflect in water, reflect from glass, reflect in something