sideline

フィールドの脇、サイドライン

監督や、試合に出ていない選手がいる競技場の脇の場所。

やさしい英語で： The space beside a sports field where coaches and players who are not playing stand.

• The coach waited on the sideline.
• Injured players watched from the sidelines.
• She ran to the sideline to get a drink.

よく使う表現： on the sideline, from the sideline, near the sideline

サイドライン

スポーツをする場所の、横側の境界を示す線。

やさしい英語で： A line marking the side edge of an area where a sport is played.

• The ball crossed the sideline.
• Both sidelines were painted white before the match.
• Keep your feet inside the sideline when you catch it.

類義語： touchline

よく使う表現： cross the sideline, near the sideline, sideline boundary

副業

本来の仕事に加えて行う仕事や活動。

やさしい英語で： An activity or business you do in addition to your main work.

• She repairs bikes as a sideline.
• His small sideline became a successful business.
• They started selling cakes as a sideline to their regular jobs.

使い方： a sideline to something (Selling honey is a sideline to his farming work.)

類義語： side business, secondary activity

よく使う表現： as a sideline, profitable sideline, sideline business

傍観する立場、周辺

活動に加わらず、外から見ている立場。

やさしい英語で： A position outside an activity, where you watch but do not take part.

• She watched the dispute from the sidelines.
• I refuse to sit on the sidelines while decisions are made.
• The new rules pushed smaller groups to the sidelines.

使い方： on the sidelines of something (He remained on the sidelines of the debate.)

類義語： margins, periphery

反対語： center

よく使う表現： on the sideline, from the sideline

側線

何かの側面に沿って延びる線。

やさしい英語で： A line along the side of something.

• Draw a sideline beside the central shape.
• The diagram has two parallel sidelines.
• A faint sideline marks the edge of the design.

よく使う表現： draw a sideline, along the sideline

出場させない、欠場させる

選手が試合に出るのを妨げる、または出場させない。

やさしい英語で： To prevent a player from taking part in a game.

• A knee injury sidelined our best player.
• The coach may sideline him for the next match.
• Two defenders were sidelined during the final week of training.

類義語： bench

よく使う表現： sideline a player, sideline someone temporarily

除外する、脇に追いやる

人や物を活動から外したり、その働きや重要性を失わせたりする。

やさしい英語で： To stop someone or something from being involved, active, or important.

• The illness sidelined her for a month.
• Managers sidelined the proposal during budget talks.
• They tried to sideline him after he questioned their decisions.

類義語： exclude, marginalize

反対語： include

よく使う表現： sideline someone completely, sideline a project