write down

書き留める、メモする

忘れないように、情報を紙や画面に書いて残すこと。

やさしい英語で： If you do this, you put information on paper or a screen so you can remember it.

• Write down your name.
• I wrote the phone number down in my notebook.
• Have you written down everything we need?

使い方： write something down (Write your address down here.); write down what… (Write down what you need to buy.)

類義語： note down, record, jot down

よく使う表現： write something down, write down notes, write down names

評価額を引き下げる

会社が所有する物の、会計記録上の価値を下げること。

やさしい英語で： If a business does this, it lowers the value of something it owns in its financial records.

• The company wrote down its assets.
• We must write this stock down because it is damaged.
• The bank has written down the value of several investments.

使い方： write something down to something (The company wrote the property down to half its previous value.); write something down by something (They wrote the inventory down by twenty percent.)

類義語： devalue

反対語： write up

よく使う表現： write down assets, write something down, write down inventory

下で書く

地下室など、下にある場所で文章を書くこと。

やさしい英語で： If you do this, you form words while you are in a lower place, such as a basement.

• I usually write down here.
• She wrote down in the cellar because it was quiet.
• Can you write down there with so little light?

よく使う表現： write down here, write down below, write down there

読者を見下して書く

読者は難しい考えを理解できないと思って、必要以上に簡単に書くこと。

やさしい英語で： If you do this, you write too simply, as though your readers cannot understand more difficult ideas.

• Do not write down to children.
• The author wrote the story down for a younger audience.
• Readers can tell when you are writing down to them.

使い方： write down to someone (Good children’s authors do not write down to their readers.)

類義語： write simplistically

よく使う表現： write down to someone, write down a story

文書で非難する

人の欠点や悪い行いを文章に書いて非難すること。

やさしい英語で： If you do this, you describe someone’s faults or bad actions in writing to criticize them.

• The critic wrote him down as a fraud.
• Opponents wrote down the minister’s failings in a bitter pamphlet.
• She used her column to write down those responsible.

使い方： write someone down (The pamphlet tried to write the governor down as dishonest.)

類義語： denounce, condemn

よく使う表現： write someone down, write down an opponent