hedge

生け垣

土地を区切ったり庭を囲んだりするために並べて植えた低木。

やさしい英語で： A row of bushes grown to divide land or surround a garden.

• A hedge surrounds our garden.
• Dad trimmed the hedge yesterday.
• Birds are nesting in the tall hedges beside the path.

類義語： hedgerow

よく使う表現： garden hedge, trim a hedge, tall hedge, thick hedge

ヘッジ、リスク回避策

価格の変動による金銭的な損失を抑えるための投資や契約。

やさしい英語で： An investment or agreement that helps protect you from losing money when prices change.

• This contract provides a hedge against rising prices.
• The fund uses several hedges to limit losses.
• They need a better hedge against currency changes.

使い方： hedge against something (The company bought gold as a hedge against inflation.)

類義語： protection, safeguard

よく使う表現： hedge against inflation, currency hedge, effective hedge

言葉を濁す、明言を避ける

はっきり答えたり、確かな約束をしたりするのを避ける。

やさしい英語で： To avoid giving a clear answer or making a firm promise.

• Stop hedging and answer the question.
• He hedged when I asked about the cost.
• The minister hedged her promises with careful conditions.

使い方： hedge something with something (She hedged her answer with several qualifications.)

類義語： equivocate, evade

よく使う表現： hedge an answer, hedge a statement, hedge with qualifications

生け垣で囲む

土地の周りに低木を並べて植えて囲む。

やさしい英語で： To surround land with a row of bushes.

• They plan to hedge the field.
• We hedged the garden with hawthorn.
• The farmer had hedged every small pasture.

使い方： hedge something with something (They hedged the garden with thick evergreen bushes.)

類義語： enclose

よく使う表現： hedge a field, hedge a garden, hedge with hawthorn

取り囲む、妨げる

人や物を囲んだり、周りに障害を置いて動きや行動を制限したりする。

やさしい英語で： To surround someone or something, or place things around them that prevent free movement or action.

• Thick bushes hedged the narrow path.
• Their freedom was hedged about with strict rules.
• The crowd hedged him in near the door.

使い方： hedge someone/something in (High walls hedged us in on every side.); hedge something with something (The agreement was hedged with restrictions.)

類義語： surround, hem in, obstruct

よく使う表現： hedge someone in, hedge something about, hedge with restrictions