periphery

周辺、外縁

場所や物の外側の縁や、中心から離れた部分。

やさしい英語で： The outer edge or parts of a place or thing.

• Trees grow around the periphery of the park.
• She noticed movement at the periphery of her vision.
• The poorest families lived on the city’s periphery.

使い方： on the periphery of something (Small villages lie on the periphery of the forest.)

類義語： edge, outskirts, boundary

反対語： centre

よく使う表現： on the periphery, periphery of something

地方、行政区

ギリシャを行政上分けた大きな地域の一つ。

やさしい英語で： One of the large regions into which Greece is divided for government purposes.

• The periphery includes several islands.
• Each periphery has a regional administration.
• The map shows the boundaries of this Greek periphery.

類義語： region

よく使う表現： Greek periphery, periphery council