focus

中心、焦点

最も多くの注意や力が向けられる人や物事。

やさしい英語で： The person or thing that receives most attention or effort.

• Health is our main focus.
• The children became the focus of the discussion.
• What is the focus of your research?

使い方： focus of something (The river is the focus of our study.)

類義語： centre of attention, main subject

よく使う表現： main focus, focus of attention, central focus

集中、注意力

自分がしていることに、しっかり注意を向けること。

やさしい英語で： Careful attention that you give to what you are doing.

• I lost my focus.
• This job requires complete focus.
• A short break helped him regain his focus.

使い方： focus on something (Her focus on the task impressed me.)

類義語： concentration, attention

反対語： distraction

よく使う表現： lose focus, maintain focus, focus on something

ピント、鮮明さ

画像の細かい部分がはっきり見える状態。

やさしい英語で： The state of an image being clear enough to see its details.

• The picture is in focus.
• Her face was out of focus.
• Check the focus before taking another photo.

類義語： sharpness, clarity

反対語： blur

よく使う表現： in focus, out of focus, sharp focus

焦点

レンズを通った光や、面で反射した光が集まる点。

やさしい英語で： The point where rays of light meet after passing through a lens or reflecting from a surface.

• The rays meet at the focus.
• The mirror directs light toward its focus.
• We measured the distance from the lens to its focus.

類義語： focal point

よく使う表現： focus of something, principal focus, real focus

震源

地震が起こり始める、地中の場所。

やさしい英語で： The place below the ground where an earthquake begins.

• The earthquake had a deep focus.
• Scientists located the focus beneath the coast.
• Waves spread outward from the focus.

類義語： hypocentre

よく使う表現： earthquake focus, shallow focus, deep focus

集中する

ある一つの物事に注意を集中する。

やさしい英語で： If you do this, you give your attention to one particular thing.

• Please focus on your work.
• She focused on every word he said.
• I cannot focus when the television is on.

使い方： focus on something (Please focus on the next question.); focus attention on something (Focus your attention on the road.)

類義語： concentrate

よく使う表現： focus on something, focus your attention, focus on work

ピントを合わせる

カメラやレンズを調整して、はっきりした画像にする。

やさしい英語で： If a camera or lens does this, or you adjust it, it produces a clear image.

• The camera will focus automatically.
• He focused the lens before taking the picture.
• Can you focus on the bird?

使い方： focus on someone/something (The camera focused on her face.)

よく使う表現： focus a camera, focus on something, focus the lens, focus a microscope

集中させる、向ける

努力や力、言葉を、特定の目的や相手に向ける。

やさしい英語で： If you do this, you direct your effort, energy, or words toward a particular goal or audience.

• Focus your energy on finding a solution.
• The company focused its resources on a new product.
• She focused her remarks on the needs of families.

使い方： focus something on someone/something (We focused our campaign on young voters.)

類義語： direct, concentrate

よく使う表現： focus efforts on, focus resources on, focus a campaign