dropout

中退者

学校や大学を卒業する前に辞めた人。

やさしい英語で： Someone who leaves school or college before finishing their course.

• He is a college dropout.
• The programme helps school dropouts return to education.
• She succeeded in business despite being a university dropout.

反対語： graduate

よく使う表現： school dropout, college dropout, dropout rate

脱落者、途中離脱

何かへの参加を突然やめること、またはやめた人。

やさしい英語で： Someone who suddenly stops taking part in something, or the act of stopping.

• The study had three dropouts.
• A high dropout rate made the trial difficult to complete.
• The team replaced a last-minute dropout before the competition.

類義語： withdrawal

よく使う表現： study dropout, participant dropout, dropout rate

社会から離脱した人

社会で一般的な暮らし方や働き方から、自ら離れる人。

やさしい英語で： Someone who chooses to stop following the usual ways of living and working in society.

• He became a dropout and joined a commune.
• These dropouts preferred a simpler life outside the city.
• She described herself as a dropout from conventional society.

よく使う表現： social dropout, dropout lifestyle

ドロップアウト、信号欠落

音や映像、データが一瞬途切れる原因となる、記録やディスクの損傷部分。

やさしい英語で： A damaged part of a recording or disk that causes a short gap in sound, pictures, or data.

• A dropout interrupted the recorded sound.
• The old tape has several dropouts.
• Damaged sections of the disk caused data dropouts.

よく使う表現： tape dropout, audio dropout, brief dropout