refer

言及する、触れる

話や文章の中で、人や物事について触れる。

やさしい英語で： To mention someone or something when speaking or writing.

• Please refer to my earlier message.
• She referred to him several times in her speech.
• Were you referring to the old plan?

使い方： refer to someone/something (The speaker referred to a recent study.)

類義語： mention, allude to

よく使う表現： refer to someone, refer to something, refer back to

参照する、調べる

情報を得るために、本や文書などを調べる。

やさしい英語で： To look at a book, document, or other source to find information.

• Refer to the map.
• I referred to my notes before answering.
• You can refer to the guide for more details.

使い方： refer to something for something (Refer to the manual for cleaning instructions.)

類義語： consult, check

よく使う表現： refer to something, refer to notes, refer to instructions

指す、意味する

特定の人や物事を指したり、意味したり、それについて述べたりする。

やさしい英語で： To be about, mean, or point to a particular person or thing.

• These figures refer to last year.
• The name refers to a local river.
• Who does this pronoun refer to?

使い方： refer to someone/something (The word 'they' refers to the children.)

類義語： denote, relate to, mean

よく使う表現： refer to someone, refer to something

紹介する、回す

助けや情報、判断を得るため、人や案件を別の人や場所に送る。

やさしい英語で： To send someone or something to another person or place for help, information, or a decision.

• They referred me to another office.
• The doctor referred the patient to a specialist.
• We will refer your complaint to the manager.

使い方： refer someone/something to someone/something (The doctor referred me to a specialist.)

類義語： direct, send on

よく使う表現： refer someone to, refer something to, refer a matter, refer a case

帰する、分類する

ある物事を特定の集団に分類したり、原因や由来を特定したりする。

やさしい英語で： To decide that something belongs to a particular group or comes from a particular cause or source.

• They referred the illness to poor diet.
• The scholar referred the text to an earlier period.
• These examples can be referred to the same class.

使い方： refer something to something (The researcher referred the changes to a single underlying cause.)

類義語： attribute, assign, ascribe

よく使う表現： refer something to, refer to a cause