sport

スポーツ、競技

決められたルールのもとで、体力や身体の技を使って競う活動。

やさしい英語で： An activity in which people use physical effort or skill to compete under agreed rules.

• Tennis is my favourite sport.
• She enjoys several different sports.
• Is swimming a popular sport here?

よく使う表現： competitive sport, professional sport, play sport, favourite sport

スポーツ、団体競技

人々がチームを組んで行う、体を使う競技。

やさしい英語で： A physical game in which people play together in teams.

• Football is a popular sport.
• We play team sports at school.
• Which sport does your team play?

類義語： game

よく使う表現： team sport, play sport, school sport

気のいい人、寛大な人

進んで助けたり、思い通りにならなくても快く振る舞ったりする人。

やさしい英語で： Someone who helps willingly or behaves pleasantly, even when things do not go their way.

• Be a sport and help me.
• He was a good sport about losing.
• Thanks for being such a sport.

よく使う表現： a good sport, be a sport, a bad sport, such a sport

楽しみ、戯れ

面白がって楽しむこと。人を笑いものにして楽しむ場合もある。

やさしい英語で： Enjoyment or amusement, sometimes gained by laughing at another person.

• They chased each other for sport.
• The children thought hiding his shoes was good sport.
• She disliked people who made sport of strangers.

使い方： make sport of someone/something (The boys made sport of his unusual hat.)

類義語： fun, amusement, entertainment

よく使う表現： for sport, good sport, make sport of someone

身につける、見せびらかす

人目につくものを身につけたり、目立つ特徴を備えたりする。

やさしい英語で： To wear or have something that people easily notice.

• He sports a long beard.
• She sported a bright yellow jacket.
• The new buses sport the city's logo.

類義語： wear, display, have

よく使う表現： sport a beard, sport a hat, sport a smile, sport a logo

遊ぶ、戯れる

楽しんで遊ぶ。特に、元気に走り回ったり動き回ったりする。

やさしい英語で： To play and enjoy yourself, often by running or moving about happily.

• Lambs sport in the meadow.
• The children sported beside the stream.
• We watched dolphins sporting in the waves.

類義語： play, frolic, romp

よく使う表現： sport in fields, sport on grass, sport in waves

からかう、弄ぶ

人をからかったり、人の気持ちや深刻な事柄を遊びのように扱ったりする。

やさしい英語で： To tease someone or treat their feelings or a serious matter as a game.

• Do not sport with her feelings.
• He sported with danger as though nothing could hurt him.
• She accused him of sporting with her affections.

使い方： sport with someone/something (He sported with her feelings and then left.)

類義語： toy with, trifle with, tease

よく使う表現： sport with someone, sport with feelings, sport with danger