rife

蔓延している、横行している

特に悪いことや望まれないことが、広く見られる。

やさしい英語で： Very common or widespread, especially when something is bad or unwanted.

• Rumours were rife.
• Corruption is rife in the industry.
• Disease became rife among the crowded camps.

使い方： rife in/among something (Speculation was rife among investors.)

類義語： widespread, common, prevalent

反対語： rare

よく使う表現： corruption is rife, rife in something, rife among something

満ちている、はびこっている

普通は悪いものや望まれないものを多く含んでいる。

やさしい英語で： Containing a lot of something, usually something bad or unwanted.

• The town was rife with rumours.
• The company was rife with corruption.
• Their account of the events is rife with inconsistencies.

使い方： rife with something (The report was rife with errors.)

類義語： full, riddled, teeming

よく使う表現： rife with something, rife with errors, rife with corruption

豊富な、数多い

数や量が多く存在する。

やさしい英語で： Existing in large numbers or amounts.

• Deer were rife in the woods.
• Wild berries are rife along these paths.
• Birds were rife throughout the valley that spring.

使い方： rife in something (Wild flowers were rife in the valley.)

類義語： plentiful, abundant, numerous

反対語： scarce

よく使う表現： rife in something, rife throughout something

豊富に、大量に

量や数が多くある様子で。

やさしい英語で： In large amounts or numbers.

• Wild flowers grew rife beside the stream.
• Weeds spread rife across the abandoned garden.
• Bluebells once flourished rife on these shaded slopes.

類義語： abundantly, plentifully

反対語： sparsely

よく使う表現： grow rife, spread rife