mention

言及

話や文章の中で、人や物事に短く触れること。

やさしい英語で： A short spoken or written reference to someone or something.

• The report contains no mention of costs.
• Her work deserves a mention.
• He received a brief mention in the newspaper.

使い方： mention of someone/something (There was no mention of the missing keys.)

類義語： reference

よく使う表現： mention of something, make mention, passing mention

言及する、話に出す

話や文章の中で、人や物事について短く述べること。

やさしい英語で： To say or write something about someone or something briefly.

• Did she mention my name?
• He mentioned seeing you at the station.
• I forgot to mention that dinner is at seven.

使い方： mention something to someone (I mentioned the problem to my teacher.); mention doing something (She mentioned visiting her sister.); mention that… (He mentioned that the shop was closed.)

類義語： refer to, bring up

よく使う表現： mention something, mention a name, mention to someone