bracket

括弧

補足情報を囲む（ ）や［ ］など、一対の記号の片方。

やさしい英語で： One of a pair of written marks that surround extra information, such as these: ( ) or [ ].

• Put the date in brackets.
• The closing bracket is missing.
• Numbers in square brackets refer to notes below the text.

よく使う表現： square bracket, round bracket, in a bracket

範囲、区分

金額や年齢の一定の範囲、またはその範囲に属する人々。

やさしい英語で： A range of amounts or ages, or a group of people within that range.

• She is in a higher tax bracket.
• The survey covers people in the youngest age bracket.
• Their income puts them in the same bracket.

類義語： range, band, category

よく使う表現： age bracket, income bracket, tax bracket

ブラケット、支持金具

物を支えたりつないだりする、金属や木、プラスチック製の部品。

やさしい英語で： A piece of metal, wood, or plastic used to support or connect something.

• The shelf needs another bracket.
• He screwed two brackets into the wall.
• A metal bracket holds the pipe in place.

類義語： support

よく使う表現： metal bracket, shelf bracket, wall bracket

括弧で囲む、両側から挟む

二つの記号や物の間に入れる。特に言葉を括弧で囲む。

やさしい英語で： To put something between two marks or objects, especially written marks around words.

• Bracket the extra words in this sentence.
• She bracketed the date with round marks.
• His desk was bracketed by two bookcases.

使い方： bracket something with something (Bracket the comment with square marks.); be bracketed by something (The doorway was bracketed by two tall windows.)

類義語： enclose, surround

よく使う表現： bracket a phrase, bracket the words, bracket something with

一括りにする、同類と見なす

人や物を似ていると考えて、同じ仲間として扱う。

やさしい英語で： To put people or things in the same group because you consider them similar.

• Do not bracket these two problems together.
• The report brackets small firms with medium-sized businesses.
• He resented being bracketed with inexperienced players.

使い方： bracket A with B (Critics often bracket her with the other young poets.); bracket A and B together (The school bracketed seven-year-olds and eight-year-olds together.)

類義語： group, classify

よく使う表現： bracket together, bracket with someone, bracket two things