tract

管、系

消化管など、互いにつながり、共に働く体の部分のまとまり。

やさしい英語で： A group of connected body parts that work together, such as those through which food passes.

• Food passes through the digestive tract.
• She had an infection in her urinary tract.
• Smoke can damage the respiratory tract.

類義語： system

よく使う表現： digestive tract, urinary tract, respiratory tract

広大な土地、地域

広い範囲にわたる土地。

やさしい英語で： A large area of land.

• They own a large tract of land.
• Vast tracts of forest were destroyed by fire.
• The company plans to build houses on this tract.

使い方： a tract of something (They bought a large tract of forest.)

類義語： area, expanse, stretch

よく使う表現： a vast tract, tract of land, tract of forest

小冊子、パンフレット

特定の宗教や政治の考えを支持し、説く短い文章や冊子。

やさしい英語で： A short piece of writing arguing for particular religious or political ideas.

• She handed me a religious tract.
• His political tract called for changes to the law.
• They printed hundreds of tracts to spread their beliefs.

使い方： a tract on something (He wrote a tract on religious reform.)

類義語： pamphlet, booklet

よく使う表現： a religious tract, a political tract, distribute a tract