gateway

足掛かり、入口

場所や機会、経験にたどり着けるようにするもの。

やさしい英語で： Something that allows you to reach a place, opportunity, or experience.

• Education can be a gateway to better jobs.
• The port serves as a gateway to the region.
• Her first role became a gateway to a successful acting career.

使い方： gateway to something (This course is a gateway to a career in design.)

類義語： route, means of access

よく使う表現： gateway to something, a gateway, important gateway

入口、門

別の場所へ入るために通る入口や開口部。

やさしい英語で： An entrance or opening through which you pass into another place.

• We waited by the gateway.
• They drove through the wide gateway into the park.
• An old stone gateway marks the entrance to the castle.

使い方： gateway to/into something (A narrow gateway leads into the courtyard.)

類義語： entrance, opening

よく使う表現： through the gateway, stone gateway, gateway into something

入門、きっかけ

ある活動を知るきっかけとなり、さらに深く関わることにつながるもの。

やさしい英語で： Something that introduces you to an activity and often leads to greater involvement.

• They described the substance as a gateway drug.
• That simple game became my gateway into competitive chess.
• Some people consider short stories a gateway to reading longer books.

使い方： gateway into something (Gardening was her gateway into the world of plant science.)

類義語： introduction, stepping stone

よく使う表現： gateway drug, gateway activity, gateway into something

ゲートウェイ

無線の利用者をネットワークにつなぎ、インターネットへの接続を管理する装置。

やさしい英語で： A device that connects wireless users to a network and manages their internet access.

• Restart the gateway if the connection fails.
• Our wireless gateway includes a firewall.
• Can you change the password in the gateway settings?

よく使う表現： wireless gateway, gateway settings, gateway address