English Dictionary

violence

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈvaɪ(ə)ləns/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 比喩的用法 廃用

Extreme force. / Physical action which causes destruction, harm, pain, or suffering. / Widespread fighting. / (figuratively) Injustice, wrong. / (obsolete) ravishment; rape; violation

日本語の意味

極度の力、あるいは強烈な力の作用 / 破壊、損害、痛み、苦しみを引き起こす物理的な力の行使 / 広範囲にわたる戦闘 / 比喩的に、不正や不義 / （古風な用法）略奪、強姦、侵害

The townspeople condemned the violence that erupted after the heated debate.

住民たちは、白熱した討論の後に起きた暴力を非難した。

意味（1）

Extreme force.

The violence of the storm, fortunately, was more awesome than destructive.

意味（2）

Physical action which causes destruction, harm, pain, or suffering.

One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools[…]as children, teachers or school buildings become the targets of attacks. Parents fear sending their children to school. Girls are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence.

意味（3）

Widespread fighting.

Violence between the government and the rebels continues.

意味（4）

(figuratively) Injustice, wrong.

The translation does violence to the original novel.

意味（5）

(obsolete) ravishment; rape; violation

violences （ plural ）