partition

仕切り、間仕切り

部屋の中を別々の空間に分ける壁やついたて。

やさしい英語で： A wall or screen that separates one part of a room from another.

• A partition separates the two desks.
• They installed glass partitions in the office.
• We removed the wooden partition to make one large room.

類義語： divider, screen, dividing wall

よく使う表現： glass partition, room partition, movable partition

分割、分離

国や地域を、それぞれ独自の政府を持つ地域に分けること。

やさしい英語で： The division of a country or region into separate areas with their own governments.

• Partition created two separate countries.
• Many families moved after the partition of India.
• The leaders opposed the partition of their country.

類義語： division, splitting

反対語： unification

よく使う表現： partition of india, territorial partition

部分、区画

大きなものを分けた結果できる部分の一つ。

やさしい英語で： One of the parts left after something larger has been divided.

• Each partition had its own local government.
• The Russian partition covered a large area.
• Families lived in different partitions of the former kingdom.

類義語： section, portion

よく使う表現： russian partition, separate partition

分割する、分ける

何かを二つ以上の部分に分ける。

やさしい英語で： To separate something into two or more parts.

• We partitioned the data into two groups.
• The program partitions each file into smaller sections.
• Can you partition the set into equal parts?

使い方： partition something into something (We partitioned the data into three groups.)

類義語： divide, split, separate

反対語： combine

よく使う表現： partition something into, partition the data

区切る、分割する

部屋や国などの空間を別々の区域に分ける。

やさしい英語で： To divide a room, country, or other area into separate sections.

• They partitioned the room with a screen.
• A wall partitions the office into two areas.
• The treaty partitioned the territory between two states.

使い方： partition something into something (They partitioned the office into three rooms.); partition something off (We partitioned off a quiet corner for reading.)

類義語： divide, divide up

よく使う表現： partition a room, partition off something