Enjoy Simple English 25/11/17(月) 重要表現の言い換え
「自然な英語での言い換え一覧」 をまとめました。
それぞれ ニュアンスが近いもの・丁寧さの違い・カジュアル度 も含めて紹介します。
1). What are you looking at?
What are you watching?(“動くもの”を見るとき)
What are you staring at?(じーっと見ている)
What are you checking out?(カジュアル)
2). Should we try it?
Want to try it?(もっと軽い)
Do you want to give it a try?(柔らかい、丁寧)
How about trying it?(提案っぽい)
3). Wait a minute.
Hold on a second.(かなり一般的)
Just a moment.(少し丁寧)
Hang on.(カジュアル)
4). Of course.
Sure.
Definitely.
Absolutely.(強い肯定)
5). Right?
Isn’t that right?(少し丁寧)
Don’t you think?(相手の意見を求める)
You agree, right?(念押し)
6). throw away
get rid of(処分する・手放す)
toss out(カジュアル)
dispose of(フォーマル)
7). They collect them.
They pick them up.(「回収しに来る」)
They take them back.(返却される)
They come to get them.(日常会話的)
8). eco-friendly
environmentally friendly
green(最近よく使う)
sustainable(持続可能で環境配慮)
9). They have thought of everything.
They’ve got everything covered.(すべて考えられている)
They really planned this well.(よく計画されてる)
They didn’t miss anything.(抜け目がない)
10). the other day
a few days ago(数日前)
recently(最近)
not long ago(そんなに前じゃない)
11). Let’s get one.
Let’s buy one.(直接的)
Let’s go for it.(決断・背中を押す)
Let’s pick one up.(買いに行く感じ)
12). That won’t work.
That’s not going to work.(同じ意味、少し強め)
That won’t do.(一般的)
That’s not a good idea.(やんわり否定)
13). No way!
Absolutely not!(強く拒否)
Not a chance!(可能性ゼロ)
No!(シンプル)
(※驚きの場合は “You’re kidding!” にも言い換え可能)
14). I’m not going to throw it away.
I’m not getting rid of it.
There’s no way I’m throwing it out.(強め)
I’m keeping it.(ポジティブ)
15). as long as
if(条件として)
provided that(フォーマル)
on the condition that(条件を明確に)
16). I won’t be able to ~
I won’t have the chance to ~
I won’t get to ~(話し言葉)
I can’t do ~ if that happens.(状況を説明する言い方)