struggle

/ˈstrʌɡəl/

意味: 苦労、奮闘

例文: Lena’s struggle with math continued.
　　  レナの数学との格闘は続いた。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: struggle with (～と闘う), struggle to (～しようと奮闘する), struggle against (～に対抗する)

定義: 何かを達成するために一生懸命に努力することや、困難な状況に対処することを指します。例えば、勉強や仕事で難しいことに直面したときに、頑張って乗り越えようとすることです。また、物理的な力を使って何かと戦うことも含まれます。

struggleは約20,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度 - 横向き棒グラフ

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析 レーダーチャート

感情グラフ: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

Definitions(定義)

Noun: an energetic attempt to achieve something
Noun: an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); –Thomas Paine
Noun: strenuous effort
Verb: make a strenuous or labored effort
Verb: to exert strenuous effort against opposition
Verb: climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
Verb: be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

Many people struggle to learn new languages.(多くの人が新しい言語の習得に苦労する。)
She had to struggle through difficult times alone.(彼女は困難な時期を一人で乗り越えなければならなかった。)
The team will struggle if they don’t practice more.(チームはもっと練習しなければ苦戦するだろう。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: getting through the crowd was a real struggle
Noun: he fought a battle for recognition
Noun: the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph
Noun: police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs
Noun: the struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her
Verb: She struggled for years to survive without welfare
Verb: He fought for breath
Verb: he struggled to get free from the rope
Verb: the tribesmen fought each other
Verb: Siblings are always fighting
Verb: Militant groups are contending for control of the country

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): battle, clamber, conflict, contend, fight, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, sputter, struggle

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): attempt, climb, effort, endeavor, group action, try

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): action, application, assembly, attendance, batting, best, bid, brainstorming, buck, clamber, communalism, competition, confederation, conflict, contribution, cooperation, coup d’etat, crack, decolonization, democratization, disbandment, disestablishment, due process, endeavor, engagement, essay, ethnic cleansing, exchange, exercise, fight, foray, friction, gamble, give it a whirl, grope, have a go, integration, internationalization, least effort, legalization, liberation, military action, mug’s game, nationalization, non-engagement, nonattendance, nonresistance, overexertion, overkill, power play, procession, pull, rally, resistance, return, revolution, risk, seeking, separation, shot, social activity, social control, socialization, stampede, strain, striving, struggle, submission, supererogation, take a dare, take pains, takeover attempt, test, transaction, trouble, vote, worst

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): attack, bandy, battle, bear down, box, chicken-fight, class struggle, duel, engage, fence, feud, fight, fight back, fistfight, flounder, join battle, joust, pacification, rebellion, scramble, scuffle, settle, skirmish, spar, strife, tourney, tug, tug-of-war, turf war, war, wrestle

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: battle, clamber, fight, fighter, fighting, struggle, struggler

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: literary

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb
countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

高校レベル

英検準2級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits, Holes

Movies(映画): Finding Nemo, Frozen, The Bad Guys

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: anger, fear, negative, sadness