agenda

議題、議事日程

話し合うこと、行うこと、対処することをまとめた一覧。

やさしい英語で： A list of things to discuss, do, or deal with.

• Please send me the meeting agenda.
• What is next on the agenda?
• We added two items to the agenda.

使い方： on the agenda (The budget is the first item on the agenda.)

よく使う表現： meeting agenda, on the agenda, set the agenda, agenda item

思惑、隠れた目的

行動の裏にある個人的な目的。秘密にしていることもある。

やさしい英語で： A personal aim behind someone’s actions, sometimes kept secret.

• Does he have a hidden agenda?
• She used the interview to promote her political agenda.
• Everyone at the meeting seemed to have their own agenda.

類義語： aim, purpose

よく使う表現： hidden agenda, political agenda, own agenda

日程、予定

何をいつ行うかを示す計画。

やさしい英語で： A plan showing when particular things will be done.

• Our agenda includes lunch with the visitors.
• We have a busy agenda for the week.
• The afternoon agenda leaves time for a short walk.

使い方： agenda for something (The agenda for tomorrow includes three factory visits.)

類義語： schedule, programme, plan

よく使う表現： daily agenda, busy agenda, agenda for today