fence in

柵で囲む

人や動物が出入りできないよう土地を柵で囲む。

やさしい英語で： You put a fence around an area to keep people or animals inside or outside.

• We need to fence in the garden.
• They fenced the field in to keep the horses safe.
• Have you fenced in the whole yard?

使い方： fence in something (We need to fence in the vegetable garden.); fence something in (They fenced the field in last spring.)

類義語： enclose, fence

よく使う表現： fence in something, fence something in

束縛する、自由を制限する

自由に行動したり選んだりできないようにする。

やさしい英語で： You limit someone’s freedom to act or make choices.

• These rules fence us in.
• He felt fenced in by his job.
• Don’t let other people’s expectations fence you in.

使い方： fence someone in (These rules fence employees in.); be/feel fenced in by something (She felt fenced in by her family’s expectations.)

類義語： restrict, limit, constrain

反対語： free, liberate

よく使う表現： fence someone in, feel fenced in