strike

打つ、殴る

人や物を強く打ったり殴ったりする。

やさしい英語で： To hit someone or something with force.

• The ball struck the window.
• She struck the drum three times.
• Do not strike the glass with anything hard.

使い方： strike someone/something with something (He struck the nail with a hammer.)

類義語： hit

よく使う表現： strike someone, strike a ball, strike with something

思い浮かぶ、思わせる

考えが突然浮かぶ、またはある印象を人に与える。

やさしい英語で： If a thought does this, you suddenly think of it or feel that it is true.

• An idea struck me.
• His reply strikes me as strange.
• It suddenly struck us that we had forgotten the tickets.

使い方： strike someone as something (The plan strikes me as sensible.); it strikes someone that… (It struck her that nobody had called.)

類義語： occur to

よく使う表現： strike someone as, strike me that

襲う、降りかかる

不運や問題が突然人に降りかかる。

やさしい英語で： If bad luck or trouble does this, it suddenly affects someone.

• Disaster can strike without warning.
• Bad luck struck us again.
• Tragedy struck the family when their house burned down.

類義語： hit, befall

よく使う表現： strike someone, disaster can strike, tragedy may strike

時を告げる、鳴る

時計が音を鳴らして時刻を知らせる。

やさしい英語で： If a clock does this, it makes sounds to show what time it is.

• The clock struck six.
• We waited for the clock to strike midnight.
• Did you hear the church clock strike?

類義語： chime

よく使う表現： strike twelve, strike midnight, strike the hour

襲う、罹患させる

病気が突然人を襲い、体調を悪くする。

やさしい英語で： If a disease does this, it suddenly makes someone ill.

• Flu struck the family.
• The disease can strike at any age.
• She was stricken with a serious infection.

使い方： be stricken with something (Several villagers were stricken with fever.)

類義語： afflict, attack

よく使う表現： strike someone, be stricken with

削除する、抹消する

記録された文章から言葉や名前、情報を取り除く。

やさしい英語で： To remove words, names, or other information from a written record.

• Strike that sentence from the letter.
• Her name was struck from the list.
• The editor struck out two paragraphs.

使い方： strike something from something (The judge struck the remark from the record.); strike out something (Please strike out the final sentence.)

類義語： remove, delete, cross out

反対語： add, insert

よく使う表現： strike out something, strike something from

ストライキ

賃金や労働条件の改善を求め、労働者が一斉に仕事をやめること。

やさしい英語で： A period when workers stop working together to demand better pay or working conditions.

• The workers are on strike.
• The strike ended after three days.
• Teachers called a strike for better working conditions.

使い方： be on strike (The bus drivers are on strike.); a strike over something (The union called a strike over pay.)

類義語： walkout, work stoppage

よく使う表現： go on strike, call a strike, end a strike, student strike

攻撃、打撃

人を傷つけたり物を壊したり、相手を弱らせたりするための攻撃。

やさしい英語で： An attack intended to hurt someone, damage something, or weaken an opponent.

• An air strike destroyed the bridge.
• The army planned several strikes against enemy positions.
• The lawsuit was a strike against his rival's business.

使い方： a strike against/on something (The army launched a strike against the base.)

類義語： attack, assault

よく使う表現： air strike, military strike, launch a strike