round up

集める

人や物を探し出し、一か所に集めること。

やさしい英語で： To find and bring people or things together in one place.

• Let’s round up some volunteers.
• She rounded up enough chairs for everyone.
• Can you round the team up before lunch?

使い方： round someone/something up (Can you round everyone up for the meeting?)

類義語： gather, collect, assemble

反対語： scatter

よく使う表現： round up volunteers, round up something, round up everyone

切り上げる

数を、それより大きく扱いやすい数、普通は整数にすること。

やさしい英語で： To change a number to a higher, simpler number, usually a whole number.

• Round up 4.2 to 5.
• We rounded the price up to ten euros.
• Should I round this amount up to the nearest hundred?

使い方： round something up to a number (Round the total up to twenty pounds.)

類義語： aggregate, bracket, aggroup, collect

反対語： round down

よく使う表現： round up something, round up prices, round up totals

家畜を集める

家畜の周りを動いて誘導するなどして、一か所に集めること。

やさしい英語で： To bring farm animals together, often by moving around them and guiding them to one place.

• We need to round up the sheep.
• The riders rounded up the cattle.
• Her dog helps her round the animals up.

使い方： round animals up (The farmer rounded the sheep up before dark.)

類義語： herd, gather

よく使う表現： round up cattle, round up sheep, round up livestock

一斉検挙する

ある集団に属していることなどを理由に、人々をまとめて逮捕・拘束すること。

やさしい英語で： To arrest or hold a whole group of people, often because they belong to that group.

• Police rounded up dozens of protesters.
• The soldiers rounded up every man in the village.
• Members of the minority group were rounded up without evidence.

使い方： round people up (Soldiers rounded the villagers up and held them overnight.)

類義語： arrest, detain

反対語： release

よく使う表現： round up suspects, round up protesters, round up people