clear cut

明確な、はっきりした

何が正しいか疑いがなく、理解したり判断したりしやすいこと。

やさしい英語で： Easy to understand or decide, with no doubt about what is true or right.

• There is no clear-cut answer.
• The evidence made this a clear-cut case.
• The difference between the two groups was clear-cut.

類義語： clear, unambiguous, straightforward

反対語： unclear, ambiguous

よく使う表現： clear cut answer, clear cut distinction, clear cut case

皆伐された

ある場所の木がすべて切り倒されていること。

やさしい英語で： Having had all the trees in an area cut down.

• The clear-cut hillside had no shade.
• Rain washed soil from the clear-cut land.
• They planted new trees in the clear-cut forest.

類義語： deforested

よく使う表現： clear cut forest, clear cut land, clear cut hillside

皆伐する

ある場所の木や植物をすべて切り倒すこと。

やさしい英語で： To cut down all the trees or plants in an area.

• They clear-cut the hillside last year.
• The company has clear-cut hundreds of acres.
• Will they clear-cut the whole forest?

使い方： clear cut something (The company plans to clear-cut this forest.)

類義語： clear, deforest

よく使う表現： clear cut something, clear cut forests, clear cut land