reference

推薦状、人物評価

主に就職のため、本人を知る人が伝える人柄や仕事ぶりの評価。

やさしい英語で： Information from someone who knows you, describing your character or work, usually for a job application.

• My manager wrote me a reference.
• Please provide two references with your application.
• Her former employer gave her an excellent reference.

使い方： reference from someone (The company asked for a reference from my previous employer.)

類義語： recommendation, testimonial

よく使う表現： job reference, character reference, provide a reference

基準、見本

比較や測定、何かを作るときの基準となるもの。

やさしい英語で： Something you use as a standard when comparing, measuring, or making something else.

• Keep this sample as a reference.
• The original model provided a useful reference.
• We measured every change against the same reference point.

使い方： use something as a reference (Use this photograph as a reference for your drawing.)

類義語： standard, benchmark

よく使う表現： reference point, reference image, as a reference

参考文献、出典

情報の出どころとして使う、出版された本や記事など。

やさしい英語で： A published book, article, or other written work used as a source of information.

• This book is a useful reference.
• Her paper includes several recent references.
• I found the answer in one of the listed references.

類義語： source

よく使う表現： list of references, academic reference, useful reference

引用する、出典を示す

書いたことや発言を裏づける本や記事などを示す。

やさしい英語で： To name a book, article, or other source that supports what you write or say.

• Always reference your sources.
• He referenced a recent study in his report.
• Have you referenced every article you used?

使い方： reference something in something (She referenced three studies in her essay.)

類義語： cite

よく使う表現： reference a source, reference an article, reference a study

言及する、触れる

人や物事について直接または遠回しに述べる。

やさしい英語で： To mention someone or something, directly or indirectly.

• The song references her childhood.
• He referenced the accident without describing it.
• Several jokes in the film reference old television shows.

類義語： mention, refer to, allude to

よく使う表現： reference an event, reference someone's past, reference a film

参照する

コンピューターのメモリにあるデータの場所を示すアドレスを保持する。

やさしい英語で： To hold the address of data stored in a computer's memory.

• This pointer references the data.
• Both variables reference the same object.
• The address referenced a value that had been deleted.

類義語： point to

よく使う表現： reference an object, reference a value, reference stored data