grandfather

祖父、おじいさん

母または父の父親。

やさしい英語で： The father of your mother or father.

• My grandfather lives nearby.
• Her grandfathers were both farmers.
• Did your grandfather teach you to fish?

類義語： granddad, grandpa

よく使う表現： my grandfather, maternal grandfather, paternal grandfather

祖父ファイル

コンピューターのファイルの、最新版より二世代前の保存済みコピー。

やさしい英語で： An older saved copy of a computer file, one version before the previous copy.

• Keep the grandfather file in storage.
• We restored the data from the grandfather backup.
• The archive holds both father and grandfather copies.

よく使う表現： grandfather file, grandfather backup, grandfather copy

既得権を認める、適用除外にする

新しい規則ができても、既存の人や取り決めには古い規則を認めること。

やさしい英語で： To let an existing person or arrangement continue under old rules after new rules start.

• The company will grandfather existing customers.
• Current members were grandfathered in when fees increased.
• Will our old permits be grandfathered under the new rules?

使い方： grandfather someone/something in (The company will grandfather existing customers in.); be grandfathered into something (Older plans were grandfathered into the new system.)

類義語： exempt

よく使う表現： grandfather someone in, grandfather existing customers