supply

供給する、提供する

人々が必要とするものを、多くの場合、定期的に提供する。

やさしい英語で： To provide something that people need, often regularly.

• This farm supplies fresh milk.
• We supplied the workers with safety equipment.
• Who supplies electricity to your town?

使い方： supply something to someone/something (The company supplies food to local schools.); supply someone/something with something (They supplied the hospital with clean water.)

類義語： provide, furnish

反対語： withhold

よく使う表現： supply something to someone, supply someone with something, supply electricity, supply something with fuel

満たす、補給する

場所や容器に必要なものを補い、満たされた状態を保つ。

やさしい英語で： To keep a place or container filled with something it needs.

• Small streams supply the lake.
• Rainwater supplied the underground tank.
• This spring supplies the reservoir throughout summer.

使い方： supply something with something (The pipe supplies the tank with water.)

類義語： feed, replenish

よく使う表現： supply a reservoir, supply a tank, supply with water

備蓄、蓄え

必要なときに使えるように用意してある、ある量のもの。

やさしい英語で： An amount of something kept ready to use when needed.

• We have a small supply of rice.
• Our water supply lasted three days.
• Is there a fresh supply of paper?

使い方： a supply of something (Keep a supply of clean water nearby.)

類義語： stock, reserve

よく使う表現： supply of something, water supply, limited supply

物資、用品

仕事や旅行、日常生活に必要な食料、道具など。

やさしい英語で： Food, equipment, and other things people need for work, travel, or daily life.

• We packed supplies for the trip.
• The hospital needs more medical supplies.
• They sent food and other supplies to the village.

類義語： provisions

よく使う表現： medical supply, school supply, supply store, food supply

供給

人々に必要な商品やサービスを届ける活動や仕組み。

やさしい英語で： The process or system of getting needed goods or services to people.

• The storm interrupted the supply of electricity.
• Better roads improved the supply of food.
• Engineers restored the gas supply overnight.

使い方： the supply of something (The strike affected the supply of fuel.)

類義語： provision, delivery

よく使う表現： supply of something, supply chain, supply network

予算、歳出予算

政府が使うことを議会が認めたお金。

やさしい英語で： Money approved by a parliament for the government to spend.

• Parliament voted supply for the coming year.
• The committee examined the supply bill.
• Members refused to grant supply to the government.

類義語： appropriation

よく使う表現： vote supply, grant supply, supply bill

しなやかに

たやすく曲がり、滑らかに動く様子で。

やさしい英語で： In a way that bends easily and moves smoothly.

• The dancer bent supply at the waist.
• Her arms moved supply through the air.
• The branch curved supply beneath the snow.

類義語： flexibly, supplely

反対語： stiffly

よく使う表現： move supply, bend supply, supply curved