collect

集める、収集する

物を一つの場所やまとまりに集めること。

やさしい英語で： To bring things together in one place or group.

• I collect old coins.
• She collected the papers from the desk.
• The team is collecting data about local birds.

使い方： collect something from someone/something (We collected information from local families.)

類義語： gather, assemble, amass

反対語： scatter, disperse

よく使う表現： collect data, collect stamps, collect something together, collect papers

取り立てる、受け取る

支払われるべきお金や、用意された物を受け取ること。

やさしい英語で： To get money or something else that someone owes or has ready for you.

• He collects the rent each month.
• She went on stage to collect her prize.
• The company has not collected the money it is owed.

使い方： collect something from someone (The owner collects rent from the tenants every month.)

類義語： receive, get

よく使う表現： collect rent, collect a payment, collect a prize

着払いの、受信者負担の

電話や荷物を受け取る側が料金を払う。

やさしい英語で： Paid for by the person receiving the phone call or goods.

• He made a collect call home.
• Will you accept this collect call?
• The office refused the collect shipment because no one could pay.

類義語： reverse-charge

反対語： prepaid

よく使う表現： collect call, collect shipment, collect delivery

着払いで、受信者負担で

電話や荷物の料金を受け取る側の負担にして。

やさしい英語で： With the cost paid by the person receiving the call or goods.

• I called collect from the airport.
• The company ships these boxes collect.
• Can I send the package collect?

類義語： at the recipient's expense

よく使う表現： call collect, ship collect, send something collect

集祷文

キリスト教の礼拝で、聖書朗読の前などに唱える短い祈り。

やさしい英語で： A short prayer used during a Christian church service, often before a reading from the Bible.

• The priest read the collect.
• Today's collect asks for peace.
• She found the collect for Easter in the prayer book.

類義語： prayer

よく使う表現： the sunday collect, read the collect, collect for easter