subject

影響を受けやすい、さらされる

特に好ましくないことを経験したり、その影響を受けたりしやすい。

やさしい英語で： Likely to experience or be affected by something, especially something unpleasant.

• Prices are subject to change.
• This area is subject to flooding.
• Older buildings may be subject to stricter safety checks.

使い方： be subject to something (Flights are subject to delays in bad weather.)

類義語： prone, susceptible

よく使う表現： subject to change, subject to flooding, subject to delays

条件付きの

特定の条件が満たされた場合だけ認められる、または可能になる。

やさしい英語で： Only allowed or possible if a particular condition is met.

• The offer is subject to approval.
• Discounted tickets are subject to availability.
• The agreement remains subject to legal review.

使い方： subject to something (The booking is subject to confirmation.)

類義語： conditional

反対語： unconditional

よく使う表現： subject to approval, subject to availability, subject to agreement

支配下の、従属した

人や国、その他の権力によって支配・管理されている。

やさしい英語で： Ruled or controlled by a person, state, or other authority.

• The province was subject to the emperor.
• Subject peoples had little political power.
• Several small states became subject to the empire.

使い方： be subject to someone/something (The island was subject to the king.)

類義語： subordinate, dependent

反対語： independent

よく使う表現： subject to someone, subject peoples, subject nations

科目、教科

学校や大学で学ぶ知識の分野。

やさしい英語で： An area of knowledge that you study at school or university.

• History is my favourite subject.
• Which subjects do you study?
• She teaches three subjects at the college.

類義語： discipline, field of study

よく使う表現： school subject, favourite subject, study a subject, academic subject

主語

文の中で、動作をする人や物、または説明の対象を示す部分。

やさしい英語で： The sentence part that tells who or what does something, or who or what the sentence describes.

• Find the subject of this sentence.
• The subject comes before the verb here.
• Some sentences have more than one subject.

よく使う表現： sentence subject, subject pronoun, subject and verb

臣民

王や女王の支配下で暮らす人。

やさしい英語で： A person who lives under the rule of a king or queen.

• The king spoke to his subjects.
• She was born a British subject.
• Many subjects demanded a change in the law.

よく使う表現： loyal subject, british subject, royal subject, British subject

さらす、受けさせる

人や物に不快な状況や扱いを経験させる。

やさしい英語で： To make someone or something experience an unpleasant situation or treatment.

• They subjected him to hours of questioning.
• Nobody should be subjected to such abuse.
• The samples were subjected to extreme heat.

使い方： subject someone/something to something (They subjected the prisoners to harsh treatment.)

類義語： expose

よく使う表現： subject someone to, subject something to