set back

遅らせる、妨げる

人や物事の進みを遅らせたり、進めにくくしたりすること。

やさしい英語で： To delay someone or something, or make progress more difficult.

• The rain set us back.
• A broken machine set the project back by a month.
• These delays have set back our plans to move.

使い方： set someone/something back by an amount of time (The strike set construction back by two weeks.); set someone/something back (Her injury set her back just before the race.)

類義語： delay, hold up, hinder

反対語： advance

よく使う表現： set back progress, set someone back, set something back

費用がかかる

ある物やことに、一定の金額がかかること。

やさしい英語で： If something does this to you, it costs you a particular amount of money.

• That meal set me back fifty dollars.
• How much did your new bike set you back?
• A replacement roof could set us back thousands.

使い方： set someone back an amount of money (The repairs set me back three hundred pounds.)

類義語： cost

よく使う表現： set someone back, set back thousands

奥に配置する

道路や端、境界線から距離を置いた奥の位置に物を置くこと。

やさしい英語で： To place something a distance away from a road, edge, or other line.

• The house is set back from the road.
• They set the fence back two metres.
• New buildings must be set back from the river.

使い方： set something back from something (They set the new fence back from the road.); be set back from something (The house is set back from the street.)

類義語： position away from

よく使う表現： set something back, set back buildings

戻す

物を後ろや以前の位置に動かすこと。時計なら時刻を早い方へ戻すこと。

やさしい英語で： To move something backward or return it to an earlier position or time.

• We set the clocks back tonight.
• She set her watch back ten minutes.
• Have you set the kitchen clock back an hour?

使い方： set something back an amount (Set your watch back one hour.)

類義語： turn back, put back

反対語： advance

よく使う表現： set back clocks, set something back

奥まった位置に設置する

周囲の表面より奥や、壁のくぼみの中に物を設置すること。

やさしい英語で： To place something behind the surrounding surface or inside a space in a wall.

• The door is set back in the wall.
• They set the display back inside a deep frame.
• Each window was set back behind the stone surface.

使い方： be set back in something (The statue was set back in a small niche.); be set back from something (The window is set back from the wall's outer surface.)

類義語： recess

よく使う表現： set something back, set back windows