move back

後ろに下がる、戻る

後ろに下がったり、以前いた場所に戻ったりすること。

やさしい英語で： To go farther away or return to a place where you were before.

• Please move back a little.
• We moved back to our old house.
• She moved her chair back to make more room.

使い方： move back to + place (We moved back to our hometown.)

類義語： go back, move away

よく使う表現： move back home, move back a step

延期する、遅らせる

予定の日付や時刻を変えて、もっと後にすること。

やさしい英語で： To change the date or time of something so it happens later.

• We need to move back the meeting.
• The concert was moved back to next month.
• Can you move our appointment back by an hour?

使い方： move something back to + time (They moved the meeting back to Friday.); move something back by + amount of time (We moved the deadline back by two days.)

類義語： postpone, delay, put back

反対語： bring forward

よく使う表現： move back something, move back the deadline