aggregate

総計、合計

すべての部分を足し合わせた数や量。

やさしい英語で： The total number or amount after all parts are added together.

• The aggregate was fifty points.
• Our team won on aggregate over two matches.
• The payments reached an aggregate of six thousand pounds.

使い方： an aggregate of something (The farms produced an aggregate of two hundred tonnes.); in aggregate (The stores made a profit in aggregate.)

類義語： total, sum

よく使う表現： in aggregate, an aggregate of, on aggregate

骨材

コンクリートに混ぜたり、屋根などの表面を覆ったりする小さな石。

やさしい英語で： Small pieces of stone used in concrete or to cover roofs and other surfaces.

• Add the aggregate to the mix.
• The roof was covered with coarse aggregate.
• Workers delivered a truckload of crushed aggregate.

類義語： gravel

よく使う表現： coarse aggregate, crushed aggregate, aggregate for concrete

集合体、凝集体

同じ物質の小さな粒が結びついてできた固まり。

やさしい英語で： A solid group formed when small pieces of the same material join together.

• The crystals formed an aggregate.
• Under the microscope, each aggregate contained many tiny grains.
• These mineral aggregates broke apart easily.

使い方： aggregate of something (An aggregate of crystals filled the crack.)

類義語： cluster, mass

よく使う表現： crystal aggregate, mineral aggregate, aggregate of particles

蘊

仏教で、生きて感じる存在を説明する五つの要素の一つ。

やさしい英語で： One of five groups of qualities that Buddhism uses to describe a living, feeling being.

• Buddhism describes five aggregates.
• The teacher explained the aggregate of feeling.
• Attachment to the aggregates is discussed in this text.

類義語： skandha

よく使う表現： five aggregates, aggregate of consciousness, aggregate of feeling

集約する、集める

物事を集め、まとめて一つの集団や合計にする。

やさしい英語で： To collect things and combine them into a group or total.

• We aggregate the results each week.
• The software aggregated data from several hospitals.
• These particles aggregate into larger groups.

使い方： aggregate something into something (We aggregate the figures into a single total.); aggregate into something (Small particles aggregate into clusters.)

類義語： combine, collect, group

反対語： separate

よく使う表現： aggregate data, aggregate something into, aggregate results

合計で達する

すべてを足すと、ある数や量になる。

やさしい英語で： To add up to a particular total.

• The payments aggregate two million dollars.
• Their combined sales aggregated fifty thousand units.
• The three shipments aggregate eighty tonnes.

使い方： aggregate an amount (The fees aggregate three thousand dollars.)

類義語： total, amount to

よく使う表現： aggregate something, aggregate ten million

集合した

小さな丸い部分が集まってまとまりを作っている。

やさしい英語で： Arranged in groups of small rounded parts.

• The tissue contains aggregate glands.
• The diagram shows an aggregate structure.
• These aggregate glands consist of several small lobules.

類義語： clustered, grouped

よく使う表現： aggregate glands, aggregate structure