テーマ 16
Soothing, Easing & Relief
帰国子女・インターナショナルスクール生のための、デジタルSAT の無料単語教材。独学で進められます。
読み込み中…
このテーマの全語です。定義を隠して、 よい意味・わるい意味・中立の三つに分けてみるのが、いちばん効く使い方です。 分け間違えた語が、そのまま自分の弱点になります。
Every word in this theme. The best use of it is to cover the meanings and sort the list into positive, negative and neutral. Whichever ones you put in the wrong pile are exactly your weak spots.
内訳：よい意味 16語 ／ わるい意味 1語 ／ 中立 7語。 強さはこのテーマの中での相対です—— テーマをまたいで比べる数字ではありません。
16 positive, 1 negative, 7 neutral. Strength is ranked within this theme only — the numbers are not comparable across themes.
| 語Word | 向き+/− | 強さStrength | 意味Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| allay v | ＋ | ●● | to calm a fear or doubt — 不安を鎮める |
| alleviate v | ＋ | ●● | to make something painful easier to bear — 苦痛を和らげる |
| ameliorate v | ＋ | ●● | to make a bad situation better — 状況を改善するalleviate や mitigate が痛みや厳しさを減らすのに対し、ameliorate は状況そのものを良い方向へ変えます。alleviate and mitigate reduce how much something hurts or how harsh it is; ameliorate improves the bad situation itself. |
| analgesic n | 0 | ● | a substance that dulls pain — 鎮痛剤 |
| appease v | − | ●●● | to calm someone by giving in to them — 譲歩してなだめるplacate と違い、相手の要求に譲って黙らせる語で、弱腰という否定的な含みがあります。placate says nothing about how you calmed the person; appease means you calmed them by giving in to their demands, and it reads as weakness. |
| assuage v | ＋ | ●● | to ease a painful feeling — 感情を和らげる |
| clemency n | ＋ | ●●● | mercy shown to someone who could be punished — 恩赦・寛大さ |
| conciliatory adj | ＋ | ● | meant to win back goodwill — 融和的な |
| condolence n | 0 | ● | an expression of sympathy for a loss — お悔やみの言葉consolation が慰めそのものを指すのに対し、こちらは弔意を伝える言葉です。consolation is the comfort a grieving person receives; a condolence is the words you offer to express sympathy for the loss. |
| consolation n | ＋ | ●● | comfort offered after a loss — 慰め |
| emollient adj | ＋ | ● | softening and soothing — 柔らかくする |
| forbearance n | ＋ | ●● | patience in holding back from anger — 怒りを抑える忍耐 |
| lenient adj | 0 | ● | going easy where you could be strict — 処罰に甘いclemency が称賛される寛大な処置なのに対し、lenient は甘すぎると批判されることもあります。clemency is mercy that reflects well on whoever grants it; lenient can draw the opposite reaction, that someone went easier than they should have. |
| mitigate v | ＋ | ●● | to make something harsh less severe — 厳しさを弱める |
| mollify v | ＋ | ●● | to soften someone's anger — 怒りを和らげる |
| pacific adj | ＋ | ● | peaceful and calming — 穏やかな |
| palliate v | 0 | ● | to ease symptoms without curing the cause — 症状だけ抑えるalleviate と違い、原因は残したまま症状だけを抑える語です。alleviate makes the pain itself less; palliate quiets the symptoms and leaves the cause in place. |
| panacea n | 0 | ●●● | a supposed cure for everything — 万能薬 |
| placate v | 0 | ●● | to calm someone's anger — なだめる |
| remedial adj | 0 | ●● | meant to repair a gap or a weakness — 遅れや弱点を補う |
| reprieve n | ＋ | ●●● | a delay of punishment or trouble — 刑の執行猶予respite が単なる休息なのに対し、こちらは刑罰や破滅の一時停止という重い語です。respite is just a break from something hard; a reprieve is the heavier word, a punishment or an oncoming disaster put on hold. |
| respite n | ＋ | ● | a short break from something hard — 一時の休息 |
| salve n | ＋ | ● | a soothing ointment; anything that eases pain — 軟膏、癒すもの |
| solicitous adj | ＋ | ● | showing anxious care for someone — 気遣いが細やか |