piece together

再構成する、つなぎ合わせて理解する

断片的な情報をつなぎ、起きたことや状況全体を理解すること。

やさしい英語で： Use separate bits of information to work out what happened or understand the whole situation.

• We tried to piece together the story.
• Police pieced together his movements from phone records.
• Can you piece together what happened yesterday?

使い方： piece together what… (Investigators pieced together what happened from camera recordings.); piece something together from something (She pieced the story together from old letters.)

類義語： reconstruct, work out

よく使う表現： piece together events, piece together something, piece together evidence

組み立てる、つなぎ合わせる

ばらばらの部品や壊れた破片をつなぎ、一つのものにすること。

やさしい英語で： Join separate or broken parts to make a whole thing.

• We can piece together the broken plate.
• She pieced the quilt together by hand.
• Can you piece these fragments together?

使い方： piece something together (We pieced the broken bowl together with glue.); piece something together from something (She pieced a blanket together from scraps of fabric.)

類義語： assemble, put together, reassemble

反対語： dismantle

よく使う表現： piece together something, piece together fragments, piece together quilts