term

用語、術語

特定の意味を持つ語や語句。専門分野や仕事で使うことが多い。

やさしい英語で： A word or group of words with a particular meaning, often in a subject or job.

• I do not understand that term.
• The doctor explained several medical terms.
• Is there a simpler term for this process?

使い方： a term for something (What is the medical term for this condition?)

類義語： word, expression

よく使う表現： technical term, medical term, term for something

の点で、に関して

「in terms of」で、どの事柄や特徴について話すかを示す。

やさしい英語で： Used in “in terms of” to say which subject or feature you are discussing.

• They differ in terms of size.
• The plan makes sense in terms of cost.
• What has improved in terms of helping students?

使い方： in terms of something (This car is cheaper in terms of fuel costs.); in terms of doing something (We made progress in terms of reducing waste.)

よく使う表現： in terms of, in cost terms

期間、任期

特に仕事や契約、責任について、あらかじめ決められた長さの時間。

やさしい英語で： A set length of time, especially for a job, agreement, or responsibility.

• Her term ends next year.
• He served two terms as mayor.
• The loan has a term of five years.

使い方： a term of + length of time (The contract has a term of two years.)

類義語： period, duration

よく使う表現： term of office, four-year term, prison term, fixed term

の観点で、という面で

説明する語とともに、物事を話したり評価したりする観点を示す。

やさしい英語で： Used with a describing word to show the way you discuss or measure something.

• Describe your plan in general terms.
• In financial terms, the project succeeded.
• The disaster was terrible in human terms.

使い方： in + adjective + terms (Explain the problem in simple terms.)

よく使う表現： in general terms, in financial terms, in simple terms

学期

学校や大学で、一年の授業期間を区切った一つの期間。

やさしい英語で： One of the periods into which a school or university year is divided.

• The new term starts on Monday.
• We have exams at the end of term.
• She missed three weeks of the autumn term.

よく使う表現： school term, summer term, term starts, end of term

項

数式を構成する、一つの数や文字、またはそれらのまとまり。

やさしい英語で： One number, letter, or group of numbers and letters in a mathematical expression.

• Add the first two terms.
• This term becomes zero when x is zero.
• We simplified the equation by combining like terms.

よく使う表現： constant term, first term, additional term, like term

呼ぶ、名付ける

人やものを、ある名前や表現で呼ぶ。

やさしい英語で： To give someone or something a particular name or description.

• Critics termed the plan a failure.
• The researchers termed these cells unusual.
• What you term progress may cause serious harm.

使い方： term someone/something + noun/adjective (The report termed the experiment a success.); be termed something (This process is termed evaporation.)

類義語： call, describe, name

よく使う表現： term something something, term it successful

正期産の

妊娠の通常の期間を経て生まれた。

やさしい英語で： Born after the usual full length of pregnancy.

• The study included healthy term infants.
• A term baby usually needs less breathing support.
• Nurses compared the weights of term and premature newborns.

類義語： full-term

反対語： premature

よく使う表現： term infant, term baby, term birth