TOEIC 730～990レベル 英英単語

「TOEIC 730～990レベル 英英単語」の電子書籍を出版したので紹介させていただきます。

TOEICの勉強で英英辞典を使う人は、他の英語資格試験の勉強と比べるとそれほど多くはありません。これは、TOEICが主にビジネスシーンでのコミュニケーションを想定した試験であり、効率よく特定のスコアを達成するための学習が求められることが理由の一つです。

英英辞典を使う人が少ない理由

1. スコアアップに直接結びつきにくい
   TOEICのリスニングとリーディングは主にビジネスや日常的な会話、メール、広告、記事など、比較的平易な英語が中心です。そのため、英英辞典を用いた細かいニュアンスの理解よりも、頻出単語やフレーズ、文法を重点的に押さえる方が効率的とされます。特に短期間でスコアアップを目指す場合には、英和辞典を使い、日本語で素早く意味を理解する方が効果的です。

2. TOEIC学習者向けの教材が充実している
   TOEICの学習では、公式問題集や模擬試験、頻出単語リストといった専用の教材が豊富で、それらの教材では英語の定義ではなく、日本語での解説が多く使われています。こうした教材に沿って学習することで、必要な語彙やフレーズを短期間で効率よく学べるため、英英辞典をわざわざ参照する必要が少ないと感じる人も多いです。

3. 単語レベルが中程度であるため
   TOEICの語彙レベルは、TOEFLやIELTSのようなアカデミックな試験よりも比較的平易です。そのため、特定の単語のニュアンスを深く理解する必要性は少なく、日常的・ビジネス的な範囲の語彙を中心に、実践的な使い方を覚えれば十分であることが多いです。

それでも英英辞典が有効なケース

一方で、TOEICの勉強においても、上級者やより高いスコア（900点以上）を目指す学習者にとっては、英英辞典が有効になるケースもあります。

• 上級者の語彙力強化：英英辞典で語彙のニュアンスや使い方を詳しく学ぶことで、既存の語彙の理解がさらに深まり、リスニングやリーディングでより正確な意味を理解できるようになります。また、微妙なニュアンスを理解することで、英語らしい表現の感覚が身につくため、パート5やパート6の文法問題でも役立つことがあります。

• 自然な英語感覚を養いたい人：TOEICスコアの向上だけでなく、英語での思考力や会話力を鍛えたい人には英英辞典が有効です。特にリスニングでは、単語の意味を日本語に直さずに理解する方が早くなるため、英英辞典で語彙を身につけるとリスニング速度も向上します。

効果的な英英辞典の活用法

TOEIC学習に英英辞典を使う際は、すべての単語を英英辞典で調べる必要はなく、重要な語彙や、ニュアンスがわかりにくい語彙に絞ると良いでしょう。特に、例文を確認することで、ビジネス文脈での使い方や、類義語との違いを学ぶことができます。また、オンライン辞書には発音が確認できるものも多く、リスニング対策として発音をしっかり押さえておくのも効果的です。

結論

TOEIC学習で英英辞典を使う人は多くはありませんが、特に上級を目指す人や、英語の「自然な感覚」を身につけたい人には有効です。学習レベルや目標に応じて、英英辞典と英和辞典を使い分けるのが効果的といえるでしょう。

以下は電子書籍の一部抜粋です。

【７３０レベル】

・elastic

　a type of rubber material that can stretch and then return to its usual length or size

・correspond

　if two things or ideas correspond, the parts or information in one relate to the parts or information in the other

・proceed

　to continue to do something that has already been planned or started

・delegate

　to give part of your power or work to someone in a lower position than you

・excerpt

　a short piece taken from a book, poem, piece of music etc

・discharge

　to officially allow someone to leave somewhere, especially the hospital or the army, navy etc, or to tell them that they must leave

・abrupt

　sudden and unexpected

・dismiss

　to remove someone from their job

・modest

　someone who is modest does not want to talk about their abilities or achievements

・cue

　an action or event that is a signal for something else to happen

・grief

　extreme sadness, especially because someone you love has died

・condolence

　sympathy for someone who has had something bad happen to them, especially when someone has died

・fluid

　a liquid 

・detain

　to officially prevent someone from leaving a place

・realm

　a general area of knowledge, activity, or thought

・capability

　the natural ability, skill, or power that makes a machine, person, or organization able to do something, especially something difficult

・destination

　the place that someone or something is going to

・ache

　if part of your body aches, you feel a continuous, but not very sharp pain there

・pending

　not yet decided or settled

・prefer

　to like someone or something more than someone or something else, so that you would choose it if you could

・verify

　to discover whether something is correct or true

・mutter

　to speak in a low voice, especially because you are annoyed about something, or you do not want people to hear you

・critique

　a detailed explanation of the problems of something such as a set of political ideas

・pension

　an amount of money paid regularly by the government or company to someone who does not work anymore, for example because they have reached the age when people stop working or because they are ill

・scold

　to angrily criticize someone, especially a child, about something they have done

・authorize

　to give official permission for something

・cherish

　if you cherish something, it is very important to you

・flatter

　to praise someone in order to please them or get something from them, even though you do not mean it

・verbal

　spoken rather than written

・intact

　not broken, damaged, or spoiled

・implement

　to take action or make changes that you have officially decided should happen

・donate

　to give something, especially money, to a person or an organization in order to help them

・enhance

　to improve something

・compensate

　to pay someone money because they have suffered injury, loss, or damage

・simplify

　to make something easier or less complicated

・bulk

　a big mass or shape of something

・coarse

　having a rough surface that feels slightly hard

・germ

　a very small living thing that can make you ill 

・depot

　a place where goods are stored until they are needed

・ditch

　a long narrow hole dug at the side of a field, road etc to hold or remove unwanted water

・intricate

　containing many small parts or details that all work or fit together 

【８６０レベル】

・envoy

　someone who is sent to another country as an official representative 

・reign

　to rule a nation or group of nations as their king, queen, or emperor

・chronic

　a chronic disease or illness is one that continues for a long time and cannot be cured

・precede

　to happen or exist before something or someone, or to come before something else in a series 

・vindicate

　to prove that someone who was blamed for something is in fact not guilty

・mar

　to make something less attractive or enjoyable

・crusade

　a determined attempt to change something because you think you are morally right 

・molecule

　the smallest unit into which any substance can be divided without losing its own chemical nature, usually consisting of two or more atoms

・lurk

　to wait somewhere quietly and secretly, usually because you are going to do something wrong

・enact

　to make a proposal into a law

・regimen

　a special plan of food, exercise etc that is intended to improve your health

・gender

　the fact of being male or female

・conspiracy

　a secret plan made by two or more people to do something that is harmful or illegal 

・corruption

　dishonest, illegal, or immoral behavior, especially from someone with power

・clemency

　forgiveness and less severe punishment for a crime

・custody

　when someone is kept in prison until they go to court, because the police think they have committed a crime

・feud

　an angry and often violent quarrel between two people or groups that continues for a long time

・disrupt

　to prevent something from continuing in its usual way by causing problems

・dazzle

　if a very bright light dazzles you, it stops you from seeing properly for a short time

・bias

　an opinion about whether a person, group, or idea is good or bad that influences how you deal with it

・doom

　something very bad that is going to happen, or the fact that it is going to happen

・exile

　a situation in which you are forced to leave your country and live in another country, especially for political reasons

・circulate

　to move around within a system, or to make something do this

・nudge

　to push someone gently, usually with your elbow, in order to get their attention

・obsess

　if something or someone obsesses you, you think or worry about them all the time and you cannot think about anything else

・debris

　the pieces of something that are left after it has been destroyed in an accident, explosion etc

・sanctuary

　a peaceful place that is safe and provides protection, especially for people who are in danger

・peril

　great danger, especially of being harmed or killed

・jeopardy

　in danger of being lost or harmed

・volatile

　a volatile situation is likely to change suddenly and without warning 

・hover

　if a bird, insect, or helicopter hovers, it stays in one place in the air

・zealous

　someone who is zealous does or supports something with great energy

・frantic

　extremely worried and frightened about a situation, so that you cannot control your feelings

・pragmatic

　dealing with problems in a sensible practical way instead of strictly following a set of ideas

・connotation

　a quality or an idea that a word makes you think of that is more than its basic meaning 

・explicit

　expressed in a way that is very clear and direct 

・palpable

　a feeling that is palpable is so strong that other people notice it and can feel it around them

・indict

　to officially charge someone with a criminal offence

・impeach

　if a government official is impeached, they are formally charged with a serious crime in a special government court

・besiege

　to surround a city or castle with military force until the people inside let you take control 

・blur

　a shape that you cannot see clearly

・kingpin

　the person or thing in a group that is the most important or that has the most power 

・forge

　to illegally copy something, especially something printed or written, to make people think that it is real

・fabricate

　to invent a story, piece of information etc in order to deceive someone

・falsify

　to change figures, records etc so that they contain false information

・sham

　made to appear real in order to deceive people

・counterfeit

　made to look exactly like something else, in order to deceive people

・smuggle

　to take something or someone illegally from one country to another

・throng

　a large group of people in one place

・brag

　to talk too proudly about what you have done, what you own etc 

・allure

　a mysterious, exciting, or desirable quality

・enchant

　if something that you see or hear enchants you, you like it very much

・heed

　to pay attention to someone’s advice or warning

・edict

　an official public order made by someone in a position of power

・mandate

　if a government or official has a mandate to make important decisions, they have the authority to make the decisions because they have been elected by the people to do so

・injunction

　an order given by a court, which tells someone not to do something

・deter

　to stop someone from doing something, by making them realize it will be difficult or have bad results 

・downfall

　complete loss of your money, moral standards, social position etc, or the sudden failure of an organization

・plummet

　to suddenly and quickly decrease in value or amount

・impediment

　a situation or event that makes it difficult or impossible for someone or something to succeed or make progress

・stroll

　to walk somewhere in a slow relaxed way

・wary

　someone who is wary is careful because they think something might be dangerous or harmful

・prudent

　sensible and careful, especially by trying to avoid unnecessary risks

・discreet

　careful about what you say or do, so that you do not offend, upset, or embarrass people or tell secrets

・afflict

　to affect someone or something in an unpleasant way, and make them suffer

・analogous

　similar to another situation or thing so that a comparison can be made

・akin

　very similar to something

・aftermath

　the period of time after something such as a war, storm, or accident when people are still dealing with the results

・intimidate

　to frighten or threaten someone into making them do what you want

・poignant

　making you feel sad or full of pity

・lenient

　not strict in the way you punish someone or in the standard you expect

・bequest

　money or property that you arrange to give to someone after your death

・terrain

　a particular type of land

・showdown

　a meeting, argument, fight etc that will settle a disagreement or competition that has continued for a long time

・anguish

　mental or physical suffering caused by extreme pain or worry

・reckless

　not caring or worrying about the possible bad or dangerous results of your actions

・prosper

　if people or businesses prosper, they grow and develop in a successful way, especially by becoming rich or making a large profit

・thrive

　to become very successful or very strong and healthy

・futile

　actions that are futile are useless because they have no chance of being successful 

・shrewd

　well judged and likely to be right

・circumvent

　to avoid a problem or rule that restricts you, especially in a clever or dishonest way 

・nurture

　to feed and take care of a child or a plant while it is growing

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