cleanup

清掃、片付け

場所の汚れやごみ、有害な物質を取り除く作業。

やさしい英語で： The work of removing dirt, rubbish, or harmful substances from a place.

• The park needs a cleanup.
• Volunteers joined the beach cleanup on Saturday.
• The oil spill cleanup took several months.

使い方： cleanup of something (Volunteers helped with the cleanup of the river.)

類義語： cleaning, tidying

よく使う表現： beach cleanup, cleanup operation, environmental cleanup

仕上げ、後処理

仕事の最後に残った細かな作業を済ませること。

やさしい英語で： The work of finishing the remaining small tasks at the end of a job.

• Only the final cleanup remains.
• The project's cleanup phase took another week.
• We assigned the cleanup of unfinished tasks to one team.

類義語： finishing touches, completion

よく使う表現： final cleanup, project cleanup, cleanup phase

四番、四番打者

野球の打順の四番で、普通は強打者が務める。

やさしい英語で： The fourth position in a baseball team's batting order, usually given to a strong hitter.

• Jones bats cleanup tonight.
• The coach moved her into the cleanup spot.
• Our cleanup hitter drove in three runs.

使い方： bat cleanup (Their strongest hitter bats cleanup.)

類義語： fourth batting position

よく使う表現： bat cleanup, cleanup hitter, cleanup spot