deposition

宣誓証言、証言録取

法廷外で宣誓して質問に答えること、またはその記録。

やさしい英語で： Questions and answers given under a promise to tell the truth outside court, or their written record.

• She gave a deposition yesterday.
• The lawyer read the deposition before the trial.
• Both witnesses answered questions during their depositions.

類義語： sworn testimony

よく使う表現： give a deposition, take a deposition, deposition transcript

宣誓証言

真実を話すと誓ったうえで、証拠として述べる証言。

やさしい英語で： A statement given as evidence under a formal promise to tell the truth.

• The witness signed her deposition.
• His deposition described what happened that night.
• The judge compared the two depositions for differences.

類義語： sworn statement, testimony

よく使う表現： sworn deposition, signed deposition, witness deposition

罷免、廃位

支配者や公職者を権力のある地位から退かせること。

やさしい英語で： The act of removing a ruler or official from their position of power.

• The king faced deposition.
• Her deposition followed months of political unrest.
• The army demanded the president’s deposition.

使い方： deposition of someone (The deposition of the king ended the old political order.)

類義語： removal, ousting

よく使う表現： deposition of someone, deposition of rulers, forced deposition

凝華

気体が液体を経ずに直接固体に変わること。

やさしい英語で： The change of a gas directly into a solid without first becoming liquid.

• Frost can form through deposition.
• Deposition changes a gas directly into a solid.
• The students observed deposition on the cold glass surface.

類義語： desublimation

反対語： sublimation

よく使う表現： deposition of vapour, deposition process, direct deposition