milestone

節目、画期的な出来事

人生、計画、歴史の中で進歩を示す重要な出来事や成果。

やさしい英語で： An important event or achievement that marks progress in a life, project, or history.

• Graduation was a milestone in her life.
• The project reached another major milestone today.
• We celebrated the company’s latest milestone.

使い方： a milestone in something (The discovery was a milestone in medical research.)

類義語： landmark, major step

よく使う表現： reach a milestone, major milestone, milestone in something

マイル標、里程標

道の脇にあり、ある場所までの距離をマイルで示す標識。

やさしい英語で： A marker beside a road that shows the distance in miles to a place.

• An old milestone stood beside the road.
• The milestone showed five miles to the town.
• We passed several milestones on our walk.

類義語： milepost, distance marker

よく使う表現： stone milestone, old milestone, pass a milestone