station

駅、ターミナル

乗客が乗り降りするために列車やバスが停まる場所。

やさしい英語で： A place where trains or buses stop so people can get on or off.

• The station is nearby.
• We met at the railway station.
• Which station should I get off at?

類義語： stop

よく使う表現： train station, bus station, railway station, coach station

放送局

ラジオやテレビの番組を放送する組織、またはその施設。

やさしい英語で： An organization that sends out radio or television programmes, or the place it works from.

• This station plays jazz.
• She works for a local television station.
• Several radio stations reported the story.

類義語： broadcaster

よく使う表現： radio station, television station, local station

持ち場、配置場所

決められた仕事や任務を行うために人がいる場所。

やさしい英語で： A place where someone stays or works to carry out a particular job.

• The guard remained at his station.
• Each cook has a station in the kitchen.
• She watched the entrance from her station beside the door.

使い方： station at somewhere (He left his station at the gate.)

類義語： post, position

よく使う表現： battle station, work station, station at something

配置する、駐留させる

仕事や任務を行わせるために、人を決まった場所に置くこと。

やさしい英語で： To put someone in a particular place to do a job or duty.

• They stationed a guard outside.
• Soldiers were stationed along the border.
• The manager stationed me by the entrance.

使い方： station someone at/in somewhere (They stationed two officers at the gate.); be stationed somewhere (Her brother is stationed overseas.)

類義語： position, post

よく使う表現： station someone somewhere, station troops, station a guard