distribution

配布、配送

物をさまざまな人に渡したり、場所に届けたりすること。

やさしい英語で： The process of giving or delivering things to different people or places.

• Food distribution starts at noon.
• The company manages the distribution of books to shops.
• Flooding delayed the distribution of emergency supplies.

使い方： distribution of something to someone (The distribution of food to families begins tomorrow.)

類義語： delivery, handing out

よく使う表現： food distribution, distribution of something, distribution network

分布

物などが地域や集団の中にどのように広がっているか。

やさしい英語で： The way things are spread across a place or among different groups.

• The distribution of trees is uneven.
• We studied the age distribution of the population.
• This chart shows the distribution of test scores.

使い方： distribution of something across something (The map shows the distribution of trees across the island.)

類義語： spread

よく使う表現： uneven distribution, population distribution, distribution across something

所得分配、富の分配

社会の中で、お金や財産が人々にどう分けられているか。

やさしい英語で： The way money or wealth is divided among people in a society.

• Wealth distribution is very unequal.
• Taxes can change the distribution of income.
• The report compares wealth distribution across several countries.

使い方： distribution of income/wealth (The policy aims to improve the distribution of income.)

よく使う表現： income distribution, wealth distribution, distribution of wealth

発行部数

出版物が売られたり読者に配られたりする冊数の合計。

やさしい英語で： The total number of copies of a publication sold or delivered to readers.

• The magazine has a distribution of 800 copies.
• Its monthly distribution doubled last year.
• The publisher reported lower distribution figures for the newspaper.

類義語： circulation

よく使う表現： magazine distribution, total distribution, distribution figures