graduate

卒業生

学校や大学などで必要な学習を終え、卒業した人。

やさしい英語で： Someone who has successfully finished a course at a school, college, or university.

• She is a recent graduate.
• The company employs many university graduates.
• He is a graduate of our local high school.

使い方： graduate of something (She is a graduate of the local university.)

よく使う表現： university graduate, recent graduate, college graduate, engineering graduate

メスシリンダー

中の液体の量を示す目盛りが付いた容器。

やさしい英語で： A container with marks showing how much liquid it holds.

• Pour the liquid into a graduate.
• The glass graduate holds one hundred millilitres.
• Read the marks on the graduate carefully.

類義語： measuring cylinder, measuring cup

よく使う表現： glass graduate, measuring graduate

卒業する

必要な学習を無事に終え、卒業資格や学位を得る。

やさしい英語で： To successfully finish your studies and receive a degree or school qualification.

• I graduate next year.
• She graduated from college in June.
• Did he graduate with a degree in history?

使い方： graduate from something (She graduated from university last year.); graduate in something (He graduated in chemistry.); graduate with something (They graduated with honours.)

よく使う表現： graduate from college, graduate from school, graduate with honours

進む、ステップアップする

活動や技能で、より進んだ段階に移る。

やさしい英語で： To move to a more advanced stage of an activity or skill.

• She graduated to a more advanced class.
• We soon graduated from short walks to long hikes.
• The young actor has graduated to leading roles.

使い方： graduate to something (After a month, she graduated to harder exercises.); graduate from A to B (He graduated from small jobs to major projects.)

類義語： progress, advance, move up

よく使う表現： graduate to something, graduate from something

目盛りを付ける

量を測ったり比べたりするため、等間隔の印を付けたり区切ったりする。

やさしい英語で： To mark or divide something into regular steps for measuring or comparing amounts.

• They graduate each cylinder before sale.
• The thermometer was graduated in degrees Celsius.
• This ruler is graduated in centimetres.

使い方： graduate something in something (The cylinder is graduated in millilitres.)

類義語： calibrate, mark

よく使う表現： graduate a scale, graduate a cylinder

卒業させる

学校や大学が、必要な学習を終えた学生に卒業資格や学位を与える。

やさしい英語で： For a school or university to award a qualification to a student who has completed the required studies.

• The college graduates two hundred students each year.
• The university graduated its first medical students last spring.
• This school has graduated several famous scientists.

よく使う表現： graduate students, graduate a class

分類する、等級分けする

物をその性質に応じてグループや等級に分ける。

やさしい英語で： To arrange things in groups or categories according to their qualities.

• The clerk graduated the samples into groups.
• The products were graduated by quality.
• They graduated the materials into three classes.

使い方： graduate something by something (The samples were graduated by size.); graduate something into something (They graduated the materials into separate classes.)

類義語： classify, categorize, grade

よく使う表現： graduate into groups, graduate by size

段階的に調節する

量や強さを徐々に、または決めた段階に従って調節する。

やさしい英語で： To adjust an amount or strength gradually or according to a chosen scale.

• The cook graduated the oven’s heat.
• They graduated the pressure to avoid damaging the material.
• The technician graduated the light’s intensity through several stages.

類義語： adjust, regulate

よく使う表現： graduate the heat, graduate the pressure