chair

椅子

一人用の座る家具。普通は背もたれと四本の脚がある。

やさしい英語で： A seat for one person, usually with a back and four legs.

• Please take a chair.
• She sat on the chair by the window.
• We need two more chairs for dinner.

類義語： seat

よく使う表現： sit on a chair, wooden chair, comfortable chair

議長、議長職

会議や委員会を進める責任者、またはその役職。

やさしい英語で： The person who leads a meeting or committee, or the position they hold.

• The chair opened the meeting.
• She was elected chair of the committee.
• Who will take the chair today?

使い方： chair of something (He is chair of the board.)

類義語： chairperson, chairman, chairwoman

よく使う表現： committee chair, chair of something, elect a chair

教授職

大学で教育と研究を担う重要な役職。

やさしい英語で： An important teaching and research position at a university.

• She holds a chair in history.
• The university created a new chair in physics.
• He was appointed to the chair of mathematics.

使い方： chair in something (She was offered a chair in chemistry.); chair of something (He holds the chair of philosophy.)

類義語： professorship

よく使う表現： university chair, endowed chair, chair in something

席、ポジション

オーケストラで演奏者に割り当てられた席や順位。

やさしい英語で： A musician’s assigned place or rank in an orchestra.

• She plays first chair in the violin section.
• He won a chair in the orchestra.
• The second chair became vacant last month.

類義語： position, seat

よく使う表現： first chair, second chair, win a chair

美容室の席

美容室や理容室で、担当者に割り当てられた仕事の場所。

やさしい英語で： An assigned working place for a hairdresser or barber in a shop.

• She rents a chair at the salon.
• Two chairs are available for new stylists.
• He gave up his chair to open his own shop.

類義語： station, place

よく使う表現： rent a chair, salon chair, available chair

議長を務める、司会をする

会議を主導し、話し合いの進行を管理する。

やさしい英語で： To lead a meeting and manage the discussion.

• She will chair the meeting.
• He chaired the committee for three years.
• Who is chairing today’s discussion?

類義語： lead, preside over

よく使う表現： chair a meeting, chair a committee, chair a discussion

栄誉の椅子を授与する

ウェールズの芸術祭で優勝した詩人に、儀式用の椅子を賞として贈る。

やさしい英語で： To give a winning poet a ceremonial seat as a prize at a Welsh arts festival.

• They will chair the winning poet.
• She was chaired at the Welsh festival.
• The crowd cheered as the judges chaired the bard.

よく使う表現： chair the poet, chair a winner