adverseとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈæd.və(ɹ)s/, /ədˈvɜ(ɹ)s/
• 韻: -ɜ(ɹ)s

形容詞

adverse (comparative more adverse or (まれに または 一般的ではない用法) adverser, superlative most adverse or (まれに または 一般的ではない用法) adversest)

1. Unfavorable; antagonistic in purpose or effect; hostile; actively opposing one's interests or wishes; contrary to one's welfare; acting against; working in an opposing direction.

   adverse criticism

   adverse weather

   • 1829, Robert Southey, Sir Thomas More; or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society

     Happy were it for us all if we bore prosperity as well and wisely as we endure an adverse fortune.

   • 1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 98:

     Northbound expresses have the hardest work to perform, with adverse grades predominating from Willesden to Tring.

   • 1964 September, “News: Fewer diesels for NER in 1965”, in Modern Railways, page 201:

     Several types of diesel locomotive have been tested on this working and as a result the probable choice will be Type 2 diesels in pairs, without bankers. The crucial factor in the selection of this method is the higher degree of adhesion obtained than with a single Type 4; on trial one of the latter showed that in very adverse conditions it might slip to a standstill at one of the two tricky spots on the steep climb from Tyne Dock to Consett.

   • 2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, in Guardian‎^[1]:

     He said Robins had not been in trouble with the law before and had no previous convictions. Jail would have an adverse effect on her and her three children as she was the main carer.

2. Opposed; contrary; opposing one's interests or desire.

   adverse circumstances

3. (not comparable) Opposite; confronting.

   the adverse page

   the adverse party

   • 1809, Lord Byron, English Bards and Scotch Reviewers, Google Books

     Calpe's adverse height / […] must greet my sight

   • 1835, James Hogg, The Story of Euphemia Hewit

     Now the families of the two lovers were not on very good terms; they were, I believe, rather adverse to one another.

使用する際の注意点

Adverse is sometimes confused with averse, though the meanings are somewhat different. Adverse most often refers to things, denoting something that is in opposition to someone's interests — something one might refer to as an adversity or adversary — (adverse winds; an attitude adverse to our ideals). Averse usually refers to people, and implies one has a distaste, disinclination, or aversion toward something (a leader averse to war; an investor averse to risk taking). Averse is most often used with "to" in a construction like "I am averse to…". Adverse shows up less often in this type of construction, describing a person instead of a thing, and should carry a meaning of "actively opposed to" rather than "has an aversion to".

派生語

• adversely
• adverseness
• adverse possession
• adverse yaw

反意語

• proverse

関連する語

• adversary
• adversative
• adversity
• versus