league

リーグ

一つのシーズンを通して互いに対戦するスポーツチームの集まり。

やさしい英語で： A group of sports teams that compete against each other throughout a season.

• Our team joined a new league.
• They finished first in the league last season.
• Which league does your club play in?

よく使う表現： football league, league champions, league table, join a league

レベル、格

人や物を比べる基準となる、質や能力の高さ。

やさしい英語で： A level of quality or ability used to compare people or things.

• These two phones are in the same league.
• As a singer, she is in a different league.
• Their service is in a league of its own.

使い方： in the same league as someone/something (Her latest book is in the same league as her best work.)

類義語： class, category

よく使う表現： same league as, different league, league of its own

実力の範囲、レベル

自分の能力で対応できる範囲。それを超えるものは難しすぎる。

やさしい英語で： Your range of ability; something outside it is too difficult for you.

• This job is out of my league.
• We were out of our league against the national champions.
• Is that course out of your league?

使い方： out of someone's league (I tried the advanced class, but I was out of my league.)

よく使う表現： out of someone's league, out of my league

連盟、同盟

共通の目的のために協力する人や団体の組織。

やさしい英語で： An organization of people or groups who work together for a shared aim.

• They formed a league to protect local forests.
• The league campaigns for equal voting rights.
• Several towns joined the league last year.

類義語： association, alliance

よく使う表現： a peace league, join a league, league members

共謀、結託

誰かと秘密に協力する関係。悪いことをする場合が多い。

やさしい英語で： If you are in this relationship with someone, you work together secretly, often to do something wrong.

• The two criminals were in league.
• She suspected that her rivals were in league with each other.
• Was the official in league with the smugglers?

使い方： in league with someone (The guards were in league with the thieves.)

類義語： collusion, alliance

よく使う表現： in league with someone, in league together

リーグ

数キロメートルに当たる昔の距離単位。陸と海では長さが異なる。

やさしい英語で： An old measure of distance equal to several kilometres, with different lengths on land and at sea.

• The village lay one league away.
• They sailed twenty leagues before reaching the island.
• The old map measured distances in leagues.

よく使う表現： one league away, a league inland, one league inland