put in

中に入れる

容器や空間、開口部の中に物を入れること。

やさしい英語で： If you do this, you move something into a container, space, or opening.

• Put the key in.
• She put the clothes in the bag.
• Did you put the cake in the oven?

使い方： put something in something (Put the coins in the jar.)

類義語： insert, place inside

反対語： take out

よく使う表現： put something in, put in a key, put in the oven

申請する、申し込む

希望するものを得るために、正式な依頼や申請を提出すること。

やさしい英語で： If you do this, you send an official request or application for something you want.

• I put in a request.
• He has put in for two days off.
• When did you put in your application?

使い方： put in for something (She put in for a transfer to another office.); put in something (We put in an application for a grant.)

類義語： apply, submit

よく使う表現： put in for something, put in a request, put in an application

費やす、注ぎ込む

仕事や活動のために、時間や労力、お金を使うこと。

やさしい英語で： If you do this, you give time, effort, or money to a job or activity.

• You need to put in more effort.
• She put in ten hours of work yesterday.
• We each put some money in to start the business.

使い方： put in something (They put in a lot of effort to finish on time.)

類義語： contribute, invest, devote

よく使う表現： put in effort, put in time, put in money, put something in

投獄する

当局が人を刑務所や施錠された房に閉じ込めること。

やさしい英語で： If authorities do this to someone, they make that person stay in prison or a locked cell.

• They put him in jail.
• The police put the suspect in a cell overnight.
• She was put in prison for stealing public money.

使い方： put someone in prison/jail (The judge put him in prison for three years.)

類義語： imprison, jail, lock up

反対語： release, free

よく使う表現： put someone in prison, put someone in jail, put in a cell

正式に提出する、申し立てる

決定や立場を正式に述べ、公的な記録に残すこと。

やさしい英語で： If you do this, you formally state a decision or position so it becomes part of an official record.

• He put in a guilty plea.
• The lawyer put in a plea on her client’s behalf.
• She put in her notice before leaving the company.

使い方： put in a plea of something (The defendant put in a plea of not guilty.)

類義語： enter, tender

よく使う表現： put in a plea, put in notice

植える、作付けする

作物を育てるために、種をまいたり苗を植えたりすること。

やさしい英語で： If you do this, you plant seeds or young plants so that a crop will grow.

• We put in potatoes this spring.
• The farmer is putting in a new crop of wheat.
• Have you put the carrots in yet?

使い方： put in something (We put in beans along the fence.)

類義語： plant, sow

よく使う表現： put in carrots, put in potatoes, put in a crop