kick off

始める、始まる

行事や活動が始まる、またはそれを始める。

やさしい英語で： To start an event or activity, or make it start.

• The show kicks off at eight.
• We kicked off the project with a team meeting.
• Who will kick off the discussion?

使い方： kick off with something (The festival kicks off with a parade.); kick something off (A short welcome speech will kick the evening off.)

類義語： start, begin, launch

反対語： finish, end

よく使う表現： kick off something, kick off with something

キックオフする

ボールを蹴って試合やその一部を始める。

やさしい英語で： To begin a game, or part of a game, by kicking the ball.

• Which team will kick off?
• The visitors kicked off after the break.
• The referee blew his whistle, and we kicked off.

使い方： kick off against someone (Our team kicks off against City at three.)

よく使う表現： kick off first, kick off again

開始、幕開け

行事や活動の始まり、またはそれを始めること。

やさしい英語で： The beginning of an event or activity, or the act of starting it.

• The kick-off is on Monday.
• We invited every department to the project kick-off.
• The concert marked the kick-off of our summer celebrations.

類義語： start, launch, beginning

反対語： end

よく使う表現： project kick off, official kick off

キックオフ

試合やその新しい部分を始めるためにボールを蹴ること。

やさしい英語で： The kick that starts a game or a new part of a game.

• We scored soon after kick-off.
• The referee delayed the kick-off because of heavy rain.
• Who takes the kick-off in the second half?

類義語： opening kick

よく使う表現： opening kick off, kick off time

死ぬ、動かなくなる

死ぬ、または二度と動かなくなる。

やさしい英語で： To die, or to stop working forever.

• The old engine finally kicked off.
• He joked that he would kick off before his hundredth birthday.
• Our ancient washing machine kicked off yesterday.

類義語： die, give out

よく使う表現： kick off suddenly, kick off finally