map out

計画を立てる、構想を練る

計画の手順を詳しく決めたり、問題をじっくり考えたりすること。

やさしい英語で： To work out the steps of a plan or think carefully through a problem.

• Let’s map out our week.
• She mapped out a plan for opening her own shop.
• Have you mapped out how to deal with the problem?

使い方： map something out (We mapped our next steps out together.)

類義語： plan, work out

よく使う表現： map out a plan, map out a strategy, map out something

地図を作る、測量する

ある地域の場所や特徴を示す地図を作ること。

やさしい英語で： To make a map showing the places and features of an area.

• They mapped out the island.
• We are mapping out the roads in this area.
• Have explorers mapped out the whole cave system?

使い方： map something out (The team mapped the cave system out.)

類義語： map, chart

よく使う表現： map out something, map out an area, map out the coast

詳しく説明する、明らかにする

物事をわかりやすく、詳しく説明すること。

やさしい英語で： To describe or explain something clearly and in detail.

• The report maps out the problem clearly.
• Her lecture mapped out the links between poverty and health.
• This chapter maps out how the system works.

使い方： map something out (The introduction maps the argument out clearly.)

類義語： explain, set out, detail

よく使う表現： map out the process, map out an argument, map out something