construction

建設、工事

家、道路、橋などを造る作業。

やさしい英語で： The work of building things such as houses, roads, and bridges.

• Construction starts next week.
• The road is under construction.
• He has worked in construction for twenty years.

使い方： construction of something (Construction of the bridge began in May.); under construction (The hospital is still under construction.)

類義語： building

反対語： demolition

よく使う表現： construction work, under construction, construction site

構造、作り

材料や部品を含め、物がどう造られ、組み立てられているか。

やさしい英語で： The way something is built or put together, including its materials and parts.

• The chair has a strong construction.
• Its wooden construction keeps the boat light.
• The engineer examined the construction of the roof.

類義語： structure, design

よく使う表現： solid construction, steel construction, quality construction

構文

意味を表すために、一定の順序や形で並べた語のまとまり。

やさしい英語で： A group of words arranged in a particular way to express a meaning.

• This construction is common in English.
• The book explains several passive constructions.
• Which construction best expresses your idea?

類義語： structure

よく使う表現： passive construction, grammatical construction, sentence construction

構築、解釈

考えを理解したり説明したりする特定の見方。社会の影響を受けることが多い。

やさしい英語で： A particular way of understanding or explaining an idea, often shaped by society.

• Their construction of freedom differs from ours.
• The writer explores gender as a social construction.
• Different cultures develop different constructions of childhood.

使い方： construction of something (The chapter explores the social construction of identity.)

類義語： interpretation, conception

よく使う表現： social construction, cultural construction, construction of meaning

建造物、構造物

建物や模型など、造ったり組み立てたりした物。

やさしい英語で： Something that has been built or put together, such as a structure or model.

• A strange construction stood beside the road.
• The children made small constructions from wooden blocks.
• We admired the huge metal construction in the square.

類義語： structure

よく使う表現： wooden construction, unusual construction, large construction, complex construction