engineer

技術者、エンジニア

機械や建物などを設計し、作ったり改良したりする専門家。

やさしい英語で： Someone whose job is to design, build, or improve machines, buildings, or other technical things.

• My sister is an engineer.
• The engineers designed a safer bridge.
• We need an electrical engineer to check the system.

よく使う表現： civil engineer, software engineer, electrical engineer

技術者、エンジニア

エンジンや機械を設計、製作したり、正常に動くよう整備したりする人。

やさしい英語で： Someone who designs, builds, or keeps engines and machinery working.

• The engineer inspected the engine.
• A marine engineer repaired the ship’s machinery.
• Our maintenance engineers keep the factory running.

類義語： hostler

よく使う表現： mechanical engineer, marine engineer, maintenance engineer

運転士

列車を運転する仕事をする人。

やさしい英語で： Someone whose job is to drive a train.

• The engineer stopped the train.
• She worked as a locomotive engineer for years.
• The engineer saw a red signal ahead.

類義語： train driver

よく使う表現： train engineer, locomotive engineer

戦略家

望む結果を得るために、人や出来事を巧みに動かす人。

やさしい英語で： Someone who skillfully controls people or events to produce a particular result.

• He became the political engineer behind the campaign.
• Social engineers tried to reshape public attitudes.
• The party’s political engineer planned a surprising alliance.

類義語： strategist

よく使う表現： political engineer, social engineer

設計する

技術的な知識を使って、物を設計、製作、改良する。

やさしい英語で： To use technical knowledge to design, build, or improve something.

• They engineered a new cooling system.
• This bridge was engineered to survive strong winds.
• We need to engineer a practical solution.

使い方： engineer something to do something (They engineered the device to use less power.)

類義語： design, construct

よく使う表現： engineer a solution, engineer a system, engineer a bridge

遺伝子を改変する

生物の遺伝子を変えたり、特定の遺伝物質を作ったりする。

やさしい英語で： To change the genes of a living thing or create a particular piece of genetic material.

• Scientists engineered a new DNA sequence.
• The crops were genetically engineered to resist disease.
• They engineered cells that produce a useful protein.

使い方： engineer something to do something (Scientists engineered bacteria to produce the medicine.)

類義語： genetically modify

よく使う表現： genetically engineer crops, engineer bacteria, engineer a gene

画策する、仕組む

望む結果になるよう、しばしばひそかに出来事を巧みに仕組む。

やさしい英語で： To cleverly arrange events to achieve a result, often secretly.

• She engineered a meeting with the director.
• The prisoners engineered a clever escape.
• He quietly engineered his rival’s removal from office.

類義語： arrange, orchestrate, contrive

よく使う表現： engineer a victory, engineer an escape, engineer a deal