cadence

ピッチ、ケイデンス

歩くときの足運びやペダルの回転など、繰り返す動作の一定のリズムや速さ。

やさしい英語で： The regular beat or rate of repeated movements, such as steps or turns of bicycle pedals.

• The runners kept a steady cadence.
• Try increasing your cadence on the bike.
• Their boots struck the road in a regular cadence.

類義語： rhythm, beat, tempo

よく使う表現： steady cadence, pedalling cadence, running cadence

抑揚、イントネーション

声や音が高くなったり低くなったりする調子。

やさしい英語で： The way a voice or sound rises and falls.

• His voice had a gentle cadence.
• She copied the rising cadence of his question.
• I could hear familiar cadences in their speech.

使い方： the cadence of something (I recognised the cadence of her voice.)

類義語： intonation, inflection

よく使う表現： familiar cadence, falling cadence, cadence of something

韻律、リズム

言葉や音楽、活動に見られる、滑らかで規則的なリズム。

やさしい英語で： A smooth, regular pattern of rhythm in words, music, or other activity.

• The poem has a gentle cadence.
• Her prose follows the cadence of everyday conversation.
• The repeated phrases gave the speech a powerful cadence.

使い方： the cadence of something (I like the cadence of these lines.)

類義語： rhythm, flow

よく使う表現： gentle cadence, rhythmic cadence, cadence of something

下降、衰退

下がる動きや変化。また、高さや力、重要性が徐々に失われること。

やさしい英語で： A movement or change downwards; a gradual loss of height, strength, or importance.

• The essay describes the cadence of an empire.
• He saw old age as a slow cadence.
• The poet compared the setting sun to a cadence into darkness.

類義語： decline, descent

反対語： rise

よく使う表現： gradual cadence, downward cadence

調子をつける、リズムをつける

言葉や音、動きに規則的なリズムをつける。

やさしい英語で： To give words, sounds, or movements a regular rhythm.

• The drum cadenced their steps.
• She cadenced her words to match the music.
• He carefully cadences each line of verse.

類義語： rhythmize

よく使う表現： cadence a speech, cadence the steps

構成する、体系づける

物事を一定の形や順序に沿って整理する。

やさしい英語で： To arrange something into an organised pattern or order.

• Weekly meetings cadence our work.
• They cadenced the project around three review stages.
• She cadences each training session with clear stages.

類義語： structure, organise

よく使う表現： cadence the work, cadence a process