nominate

推薦する、指名する

仕事や役職、任務の候補者として人を正式に推薦する。

やさしい英語で： To formally suggest someone for a job, position, or responsibility.

• We nominated Anna as chair.
• Who will you nominate for president?
• The committee has nominated two candidates.

使い方： nominate someone for something (The party nominated her for president.); nominate someone as something (We nominated Ravi as team leader.); nominate someone to do something (They nominated me to represent the class.)

類義語： propose, put forward

よく使う表現： nominate someone, nominate a candidate, nominate someone as chair

ノミネートする、推薦する

映画や本などの作品を、賞の候補として正式に推薦する。

やさしい英語で： To formally suggest a film, book, or other work as a possible winner of a prize.

• They nominated the film for an award.
• Three albums were nominated for the prize.
• Which book would you nominate?

使い方： nominate something for an award (The judges nominated her novel for an award.)

類義語： put forward, propose

よく使う表現： nominate a film, nominate something for something

名義の

生物の大きな分類群の命名に使った標本を含む下位の分類群を指す。

やさしい英語で： Describing the smaller biological group containing the original specimen used to name the larger group.

• This bird belongs to the nominate subspecies.
• The nominate form occurs on the mainland.
• Researchers compared the island population with the nominate race.

類義語： nominotypical

よく使う表現： nominate subspecies, nominate form, nominate race