doctor

医師、医者

病気やけがをした人を治療するための教育を受けた人。

やさしい英語で： A person trained to treat people who are ill or injured.

• I need to see a doctor.
• The doctor checked my ears.
• Have you made an appointment with your doctor?

類義語： physician

よく使う表現： see a doctor, family doctor, doctor’s appointment, local doctor

博士

ある分野で大学の最高学位である博士号を取得した人。

やさしい英語で： A person who has earned the highest university degree in a subject.

• She is a doctor of philosophy.
• The university awarded him the title of doctor.
• As a doctor of history, she studies ancient cities.

使い方： doctor of something (He is a doctor of education.)

よく使う表現： doctor of philosophy, doctor of something, become a doctor

治療する

医師として、病気やけがをした人を治療する。

やさしい英語で： To treat someone who is ill or injured as a medical professional.

• She doctored the sick villagers.
• He spent years doctoring people in remote towns.
• Who will doctor the injured travelers?

類義語： treat, care for

よく使う表現： doctor someone, doctor the sick

博士号を授与する

人に大学の最高学位と博士の称号を与える。

やさしい英語で： To give someone the highest university degree and its title.

• The university doctored the young scholar.
• Several graduates were doctored at the ceremony.
• The college will doctor him in recognition of his research.

類義語： award a doctorate to

よく使う表現： doctor a scholar, doctor someone

改変する

成長や行動を制御するため、生物の体に手を加える。

やさしい英語で： To physically change a living thing to control how it grows or behaves.

• They doctored the trees to keep them small.
• The gardener doctored the young plants by cutting their roots.
• The farmer had doctored the animal to change its behavior.

類義語： alter, modify

よく使う表現： doctor apple trees, doctor an animal

遺伝子を改変する

生物の遺伝子を変える。

やさしい英語で： To change the genes of a living thing.

• Scientists doctored the bacteria to produce a useful substance.
• The team is doctoring the crop’s genes.
• Can researchers doctor this species to resist disease?

類義語： genetically modify

よく使う表現： doctor a species, genetically doctor something