tolerance

寛容

自分と信念や暮らし方が違う人を受け入れようとする姿勢。

やさしい英語で： Willingness to accept people whose beliefs or ways of living are different from yours.

• We should teach children tolerance.
• Religious tolerance helps people live together peacefully.
• Her tolerance of different opinions impressed me.

使い方： tolerance of someone/something (The school encourages tolerance of different beliefs.); tolerance for someone/something (We need greater tolerance for people with different views.)

類義語： acceptance, open-mindedness

反対語： intolerance, bigotry

よく使う表現： religious tolerance, tolerance of something, show tolerance

耐性

不快なものや有害なものに、大きな問題なく耐えられる力。

やさしい英語で： The ability to deal with something unpleasant or harmful without serious problems.

• His tolerance for pain is low.
• Some plants have a high tolerance for heat.
• Over time, she developed tolerance to the medicine.

使い方： tolerance for something (She has a low tolerance for pain.); tolerance to something (Repeated use can increase tolerance to the drug.)

類義語： resistance

反対語： sensitivity

よく使う表現： pain tolerance, tolerance for something, tolerance to something

アルコール耐性

お酒を飲んでも、簡単には酔わない性質。

やさしい英語で： The ability to drink alcohol without becoming drunk easily.

• My tolerance for alcohol is low.
• Regular drinking can increase alcohol tolerance.
• Even one beer affected her because her tolerance was low.

使い方： tolerance for alcohol (He has little tolerance for alcohol.)

よく使う表現： alcohol tolerance, high tolerance, low tolerance

公差

測定値が決められた値からずれてもよい範囲。

やさしい英語で： The amount by which a measurement is allowed to differ from the required value.

• The measurements are within tolerance.
• This machine produces parts with a tight tolerance.
• The engineer specified a tolerance of two millimetres.

使い方： within tolerance (All the measurements are within tolerance.); tolerance of an amount (The part has a tolerance of one millimetre.)

類義語： allowable variation

よく使う表現： within tolerance, manufacturing tolerance, tight tolerance