hang together

整合する、調和する

全体を構成する部分がうまく合っている。

やさしい英語で： To fit together well as parts of a whole.

• The details hang together well.
• All the elements of her design hung together beautifully.
• Do these different ideas really hang together?

類義語： fit together, cohere

よく使う表現： details hang together, ideas hang together

団結する、支え合う

団結を保ち、互いに支え合う。

やさしい英語で： To stay united and support one another.

• We must hang together.
• The family hung together when times were hard.
• Will the team hang together after this defeat?

使い方： hang together through something (The family hung together through the crisis.)

類義語： stick together, stand together

反対語： split up

よく使う表現： hang together as something, hang together through something

筋が通る、つじつまが合う

各部分に矛盾がなく、全体として話の筋が通っている。

やさしい英語で： To make sense because all the parts agree with one another.

• His story does not hang together.
• Her explanation hung together once we saw the evidence.
• Does the witness’s account really hang together?

類義語： make sense, be coherent, hold together

よく使う表現： story hang together, explanation hang together

関連する、つながっている

互いに関係がある、または互いに頼って成り立つ。

やさしい英語で： To be connected or depend on one another.

• These issues hang together.
• The different parts of the system hang together closely.
• We discovered how the events hung together.

類義語： be connected, be linked

よく使う表現： issues hang together, parts hang together

団結して抵抗する、一致団結する

相手の要求や権力に屈せず、団結して抵抗する。

やさしい英語で： To stay united while refusing to give in to someone’s demands or power.

• The workers hung together during the strike.
• We must hang together against these unfair demands.
• They hung together despite repeated threats from the authorities.

使い方： hang together against someone/something (The villagers hung together against the landlord.)

類義語： stand together, unite, stand firm

反対語： divide

よく使う表現： hang together against something, workers hang together

付き合う、交際する

恋人同士として付き合っている。

やさしい英語で： To be a couple in a romantic relationship.

• Those two hang together as a couple.
• They hung together for years before they married.
• Do they still hang together, or have they separated?

類義語： be together, date

よく使う表現： hang together romantically, still hang together