noun

collision

訳

衝突, 対立, 不一致

The car was damaged in the collision.

その車は衝突で損傷した。

There was a collision of interests between the two companies.

2社間には利害の対立があった。

a collision between ((sth.)) and ((sth.)) ((物))と((物))の衝突 The police reported a collision between a car and a bus.

in a collision ((〜で))衝突で He was injured in a collision with another player.

a collision of ((sth.)) ((〜の))衝突、対立 It was a collision of two different cultures.

類義語: crash, impact, clash; 反意語: agreement, harmony

ラテン語の「com-」（共に）+「laedere」（打つ）から。「共に打つこと」が原義。

「co-」（共に）+「llision」（ビジョン）がぶつかり合うイメージで「衝突」と覚える。