stage

舞台、ステージ

観客の前で演技や話をするための、一段高い場所。

やさしい英語で： A raised area where people perform or speak in front of an audience.

• The singer walked onto the stage.
• Bright lights shone above the stage.
• Have you ever performed on stage?

使い方： on stage (The dancers are already on stage.)

類義語： platform

よく使う表現： on stage, take the stage, stage lights, theatre stage

段階、局面

物事の進行や発展、続いて起こる出来事の中の一つの区切り。

やさしい英語で： One part of a process, period of development, or series of events.

• We are at the planning stage.
• The project has three main stages.
• What happens during the next stage of treatment?

使い方： a stage of/in something (We have reached the final stage of the project.); at a stage (At this stage, we cannot make changes.); in stages (The repairs will be completed in stages.)

類義語： phase, step

よく使う表現： early stage, final stage, at this stage, stage of something

駅馬車

決まった道で町から町へ乗客を運んだ、大きな馬車。

やさしい英語で： A large horse-drawn vehicle that carried passengers between towns on a regular route.

• The stage arrived at noon.
• Six passengers climbed into the stage.
• They missed the morning stage and waited until evening.

類義語： stagecoach, coach

よく使う表現： catch the stage, stage driver, morning stage

段、ステージ

電子回路で信号を処理し、次の部分へ送る部分。

やさしい英語で： One section of an electronic circuit that processes a signal before passing it to the next section.

• The amplifier has two stages.
• The output stage drives the speaker.
• Each filter stage removes more unwanted signals.

類義語： section, block

よく使う表現： amplifier stage, output stage, filter stage, input stage

載物台、ステージ

顕微鏡で見るための小さなガラス板を置く平らな部分。

やさしい英語で： The flat part of a microscope that holds the small glass plate you look at.

• Place the slide on the stage.
• She lowered the microscope's stage carefully.
• The stage clips held the glass slide in place.

類義語： specimen platform

よく使う表現： microscope stage, mechanical stage, stage clips

実施する、行う

催しや計画した行動を準備して行う。

やさしい英語で： To organize and carry out an event or planned action.

• The workers staged a strike.
• Students staged a protest outside the university.
• The team staged a remarkable comeback in the final minutes.

類義語： organize, hold, carry out

よく使う表現： stage a protest, stage a strike, stage a comeback, stage a demonstration

上演する、舞台にかける

演劇などの公演を準備し、観客に見せる。

やさしい英語で： To prepare and present a play or other performance for an audience.

• The school staged a play.
• They are staging a new musical this summer.
• Our theatre has never staged an opera before.

類義語： put on, produce, present

よく使う表現： stage a play, stage a musical, stage a show, stage an opera

偽装する、でっち上げる

自然に起きたと人に思わせるため、出来事や場面を仕組む。

やさしい英語で： To arrange an event or scene so that people wrongly believe it happened naturally.

• They staged the robbery.
• The couple staged an accident to claim insurance money.
• Was the rescue real, or had someone staged it?

類義語： fake, set up

よく使う表現： stage an accident, stage a robbery, stage a scene