suspect

疑う、推測する

確信はないが、あることがおそらく本当だと思う。

やさしい英語で： To think something is probably true, without knowing for certain.

• I suspect you're right.
• The doctor suspected a problem with his heart.
• We had suspected this would happen.

使い方： suspect (that) ... (I suspect that she knows more than she says.); suspect something (The doctor suspected an infection.)

類義語： think, suppose, imagine

よく使う表現： suspect a problem, suspect that something, suspect the truth, suspect an infection

疑う、嫌疑をかける

誰かが悪いことをした、または何かが害を与えたのではないかと思う。

やさしい英語で： To think someone has done something wrong, or that something has caused harm.

• The police suspect her brother.
• They suspected the drug of causing liver damage.
• Who do you suspect of breaking the window?

使い方： suspect someone/something of something/doing something (Police suspect him of stealing the money.)

よく使う表現： suspect someone, suspect foul play, suspect someone of something

疑う、信用しない

人の正直さや、物事の信頼性・真実性を疑う。

やさしい英語で： To feel unsure whether someone or something is honest, reliable, or true.

• I suspect his motives.
• She began to suspect the truth of his story.
• They had always suspected the reliability of those figures.

類義語： distrust, doubt, mistrust

反対語： trust

よく使う表現： suspect someone's motives, suspect someone's honesty, suspect the truth

容疑者、疑わしいもの

犯罪をしたと疑われる人、または問題の原因かもしれない人や物。

やさしい英語で： A person believed to have committed a crime, or someone or something believed to have caused a problem.

• Police arrested a suspect.
• The detectives questioned three suspects about the theft.
• A faulty cable is the main suspect in the power failure.

使い方： a suspect in something (He is a suspect in the robbery.)

よく使う表現： prime suspect, murder suspect, question a suspect, suspect in something

疑わしい、怪しい

うそや不正の可能性があり、安全でなかったり問題を起こしそうだったりする。

やさしい英語で： Possibly false, dishonest, unsafe, or likely to cause problems.

• Those figures look suspect.
• Police found a suspect package at the station.
• The evidence used against her was highly suspect.

類義語： questionable, dubious, suspicious

反対語： trustworthy, reliable

よく使う表現： suspect evidence, a suspect package, highly suspect, suspect claims