count

数える

人や物を一つずつ数え、全部でいくつあるか調べる。

やさしい英語で： To find how many people or things there are by adding them one by one.

• Count the apples in the bag.
• We counted twenty people in the room.
• Have you counted all the coins?

類義語： tally, number

よく使う表現： count the money, count the children, count something twice, count the objects

重要である、意味がある

大切である、または結果に影響を与える。

やさしい英語で： If something counts, it is important or makes a difference.

• Your opinion counts.
• Every small effort counts when we work together.
• What counted most was her kindness.

使い方： count for something (Experience counts for a lot in this job.)

類義語： matter

よく使う表現： really count, count for something, count for little

頼りにする、当てにする

人が助けてくれることや、物事が期待どおりになることを信じる。

やさしい英語で： If you count on someone or something, you trust them to help or to do what you expect.

• You can count on me.
• We counted on good weather for the picnic.
• Can I count on you to arrive early?

使い方： count on someone/something (We can count on her support.); count on someone to do something (I count on you to keep this secret.); count on doing something (We were counting on getting a lift home.)

類義語： rely on, depend on

よく使う表現： count on someone, count on something

数に入る、有効になる

規則に従って、認められる、または数に入れられる。

やさしい英語で： If something counts, it is accepted or included under the rules.

• That goal doesn't count.
• Only votes received before Friday will count.
• Does this course count towards my degree?

使い方： count towards something (These points count towards your final score.)

よく使う表現： count towards something, count for something

と見なされる、に当たる

ある種類のものに当たると判断される。

やさしい英語で： To be considered a particular kind of thing.

• Does soup count as a meal?
• Volunteering counted as work experience.
• These small repairs count as regular maintenance.

使い方： count as something (Walking to work counts as exercise.)

類義語： qualify as

よく使う表現： count as something, count as exercise, count as work

総数、数

人や物を数えて得られた、全部の数。

やさしい英語で： The total number of people or things found by adding them up.

• The final count was fifty people.
• My essay has a word count of eight hundred.
• The doctor checked her blood count.

類義語： total, number, tally

よく使う表現： total count, final count, blood count, word count

集計、数えること

人や物がいくつあるかを調べること。

やさしい英語で： The act of finding how many people or things there are.

• Let's do a quick count.
• The count of votes took three hours.
• They repeated the count to check for mistakes.

使い方： a count of something (We made a count of all the animals.)

類義語： counting, tally

よく使う表現： a quick count, a careful count, do a count, vote count

数、勘定

数えている途中で、今いくつまで数えたか覚えていること。

やさしい英語で： Your knowledge of how many things there are, which you may lose while adding them up.

• I lost count after twenty.
• She kept count of every lap he swam.
• I've lost count of the times we have moved.

使い方： lose count of something (I've lost count of how many emails she sent.); keep count of something (Can you keep count of the visitors?)

類義語： tally

よく使う表現： lose count, keep count, lose count of