adjunct

補助物、付加物

中心となるものを支えたり、より役立つようにしたりするために加えるもの。

やさしい英語で： Something added to a main thing to support it or make it more useful.

• The workbook is a useful adjunct.
• Music can be an adjunct to language teaching.
• These online tools serve as adjuncts to classroom lessons.

使い方： an adjunct to something (Exercise is a useful adjunct to this treatment.)

類義語： addition, supplement, accessory

よく使う表現： useful adjunct, valuable adjunct, adjunct to something, minor adjunct

非常勤講師

大学で教えるが、その職から常勤の終身職には進めない講師。

やさしい英語で： A college teacher whose job does not lead to a permanent university teaching position.

• The college hired an adjunct.
• She works as an adjunct at two universities.
• Many adjuncts teach several courses each semester.

類義語： adjunct professor, adjunct instructor

よく使う表現： college adjunct, hire an adjunct, an adjunct position

付加詞、付加部

文に情報を加えるが、基本的な文法構造には必要ない語や句。

やさしい英語で： A word or phrase that adds information to a sentence but is not needed for its basic grammar.

• This phrase is an adjunct.
• An adjunct can tell us when something happened.
• Remove the adjunct, and the sentence is still grammatically complete.

類義語： optional modifier

よく使う表現： optional adjunct, adverbial adjunct, adjunct of time

付随する

あるものに伴っている、または密接に関わっている。

やさしい英語で： Accompanying something or closely connected with it.

• Such risks were adjunct to war.
• He accepted the suffering adjunct to his duty.
• The writer described the circumstances adjunct to the king's downfall.

使い方： adjunct to something (These dangers were adjunct to his chosen task.)

類義語： attendant, accompanying

よく使う表現： adjunct to something, adjunct circumstances