revolve

公転する

中心となる点や物体の周りを、円を描くように動く。

やさしい英語で： To move around a central point or object in a circular path.

• The Earth revolves around the sun.
• Several moons revolve around this planet.
• The satellite revolved around the planet for years.

使い方： revolve around something (The moon revolves around the Earth.)

類義語： orbit, circle

よく使う表現： revolve around something, revolve around the sun

回転する

物体の中心を通る軸の周りで回る。

やさしい英語で： To turn around a line through the middle of an object.

• The wheel began to revolve.
• The platform revolves slowly during the show.
• This door revolved smoothly before it broke.

使い方： revolve on an axis (The globe revolves on a central axis.)

類義語： rotate, spin, turn

よく使う表現： revolve slowly, revolve on something

熟考する

一つの考えについて、長い時間をかけてじっくり考える。

やさしい英語で： To think carefully about an idea for a long time.

• She revolved the idea in her mind.
• He revolved several plans before choosing one.
• I continued to revolve the question long after our conversation.

使い方： revolve something in your mind (He revolved the question in his mind all evening.)

類義語： ponder, consider, reflect on

よく使う表現： revolve an idea, revolve something mentally

循環する

一連のものを順番にたどり、多くの場合は最初に戻って繰り返す。

やさしい英語で： To move through a series of things in order, often returning to the beginning.

• The program revolves through each queue.
• The display revolved through a sequence of images.
• These tasks revolve in a fixed order.

使い方： revolve through something (The program revolves through the available queues.)

類義語： cycle

よく使う表現： revolve through something, revolve in sequence