vacate

退去する、明け渡す

他の人が使えるように、家や部屋などから出る。

やさしい英語で： To leave a home, room, or other property so it is available for someone else.

• Please vacate your room by noon.
• The tenants vacated the apartment last week.
• When must we vacate the building?

類義語： leave, move out of

反対語： occupy

よく使う表現： vacate a room, vacate the premises, vacate a house

取り消す、破棄する

裁判所が決定や命令の効力を正式に取り消す。

やさしい英語で： If a court does this to a decision or order, it officially cancels it.

• The court may vacate the order.
• The judge vacated the earlier judgment.
• Her lawyer asked the court to vacate the conviction.

類義語： set aside, annul, overturn

反対語： uphold

よく使う表現： vacate a judgment, vacate an order, vacate a conviction

辞任する、退く

仕事や公職を辞め、他の人が就けるようにする。

やさしい英語で： To stop holding a job or official position, leaving it available for someone else.

• She will vacate her position next month.
• He vacated his seat on the council.
• The director agreed to vacate office after the election.

類義語： leave, resign from, step down from

よく使う表現： vacate a position, vacate office, vacate a seat

立ち退く、避難する

通常は安全のため、当局の指示に従ってその区域を離れる。

やさしい英語で： To leave an area, usually because officials order you to do so for safety.

• Please vacate the area immediately.
• Police ordered the crowd to vacate the street.
• Residents vacated the danger zone before the flood arrived.

類義語： leave, evacuate

よく使う表現： vacate the area, vacate the street, vacate the zone