form

用紙、フォーム

必要な情報を書き込む欄のある用紙。

やさしい英語で： A document with spaces where you write the information someone needs.

• Please fill in this form.
• Have you signed the application form?
• You can download the forms from our website.

類義語： formular

よく使う表現： application form, registration form, complete a form

形、姿

人や物の外から見える形や姿。

やさしい英語で： The shape or visible structure of someone or something.

• The cloud had a strange form.
• The artist studied the human form.
• Dark forms appeared through the fog.

類義語： shape, outline

よく使う表現： human form, curved form, physical form

形態、体制

物事がどのように組み立てられ、まとめられているか。

やさしい英語で： The way something is organized or put together.

• Democracy is a form of government.
• The club adopted a different form of organization.
• These societies had complex forms of political rule.

使い方： form of something (They chose a new form of government.)

類義語： system, structure

よく使う表現： form of government, form of organization, democratic form

型、型枠

材料を決まった形にするための道具や枠。

やさしい英語で： An object or frame used to give another material a particular shape.

• Pour the concrete into the form.
• They removed the forms after the walls hardened.
• This wooden form gives the wet material its shape.

類義語： mold, mould

よく使う表現： wooden form, concrete form, casting form

形式、儀礼

慣習に従って行うが、実質的な意味は薄い行為や儀式。

やさしい英語で： An outward action or ceremony that follows custom but has little real meaning.

• The signature was a mere form.
• Their approval was only a matter of form.
• He valued form more than substance.

類義語： formality

よく使う表現： mere form, matter of form, empty form

結成する、組織する

人や物を集めて、集団やまとまりを作る。

やさしい英語で： To bring people or things together to create something.

• Let us form a team.
• The parties formed a new government.
• Several local clubs have formed an alliance.

類義語： create, establish, set up

反対語： dissolve, disband

よく使う表現： form a team, form a government, form an alliance

形作る、成形する

物に決まった形や構造を与える。

やさしい英語で： To give something a particular shape or structure.

• Form the clay into a bowl.
• She formed the dough into small rolls.
• Can you form a circle with this wire?

使い方： form something into something (Form the dough into small balls.)

類義語： shape, mold, mould

よく使う表現： form a ball, form a circle, form something into

できる、形成される

多くの場合、徐々に現れたり、でき始めたりする。

やさしい英語で： To appear or begin to exist, often gradually.

• Clouds form over the mountains.
• A thin layer of ice formed overnight.
• Why do bubbles form on the surface?

類義語： appear, develop

反対語： disappear

よく使う表現： clouds form, watch ice form, begin to form