cut off

突然途切れる、遮断する

通話や音、接続が突然途切れる、またはそれを途切れさせる。

やさしい英語で： To stop suddenly, or make a call, sound, or connection stop suddenly.

• The music cut off suddenly.
• Our phone call was cut off.
• Why does the sound keep cutting off?

使い方： be cut off (Our call was cut off during the storm.)

類義語： break off, stop abruptly

よく使う表現： cut off suddenly, cut off mid-sentence, cut off contact

援助を打ち切る、供給を止める

お金や物資を渡すのをやめて、相手への援助を断つ。

やさしい英語で： If someone stops giving you money or supplies, they leave you without that support.

• They cut off our water.
• His family cut him off last year.
• Will the bank cut off funding?

使い方： cut someone off (Her parents cut her off after she left college.); cut off something (The council cut off funding for the project.)

類義語： stop supporting, stop supplying

よく使う表現： cut off someone, cut off funding, cut off supplies

話を遮る

相手が言い終わる前に話を遮る。

やさしい英語で： To stop someone speaking before they have finished what they want to say.

• Please do not cut me off.
• He cut her off before she finished.
• The host keeps cutting off his guests.

使い方： cut someone off (The interviewer cut her off before she could explain.)

類義語： interrupt

よく使う表現： cut off someone, cut off rudely, cut off mid-sentence

画面から切り落とす、見切れさせる

物の一部を画面に入れなかったり、見えなくしたりする。

やさしい英語で： To leave part of something outside a picture or block it from being seen.

• The photo cuts off his feet.
• The camera angle cut off half the sign.
• Her face was cut off by the edge of the screen.

使い方： cut off something / cut something off (The edge of the frame cuts off her hand.); be cut off by something (His feet were cut off by the bottom of the photo.)

類義語： crop out, obscure

よく使う表現： cut off something, cut something off

行く手を遮る、進路を塞ぐ

相手の進路に入り、その方向へ進めないようにする。

やさしい英語で： To move into someone’s path and stop them continuing in that direction.

• That car cut me off.
• A guard cut off the escaping thief.
• She ran ahead and cut him off.

使い方： cut someone off (A van cut us off as we approached the bridge.)

類義語： block, intercept

よく使う表現： cut off someone, cut off traffic, cut off escape

電源を切る、消す

スイッチを操作して電気機器を止める。

やさしい英語で： To stop an electrical device by using its switch.

• Cut off the light, please.
• She cut the television off before bed.
• Have you cut off the fan?

使い方： cut something off (Could you cut the radio off?)

類義語： turn off, switch off

反対語： turn on

よく使う表現： cut off something, cut off lights, cut off television