lever

レバー

機械を操作するために動かす取っ手や棒。

やさしい英語で： A handle you move to control a machine.

• Pull the lever to open the gate.
• She moved the gear lever into reverse.
• Which lever controls the lift?

類義語： handle, control handle

よく使う表現： pull a lever, gear lever, control lever

てこ

固定された支点を中心に動き、物を動かしたり持ち上げたりする硬い棒。

やさしい英語で： A stiff bar that turns around a fixed point to move or lift something.

• Use a lever to lift the rock.
• The bar acted as a lever under the heavy lid.
• A seesaw is a simple example of a lever.

よく使う表現： use a lever, simple lever

手段、てこ

人に影響を与えたり、目的の結果を得たりするために使うもの。

やさしい英語で： Something used to influence people or help achieve a result.

• Money can be a powerful lever.
• She used public support as a lever in negotiations.
• The tax system provides a lever for changing behaviour.

使い方： a lever for something (Education can be a lever for social change.); a lever to do something (They used funding as a lever to encourage reform.)

類義語： tool, means

よく使う表現： political lever, use as a lever

てこで動かす、こじ開ける

長い棒などをてことして使い、物を持ち上げたり動かしたりする。

やさしい英語で： To lift or move something using a long bar or similar tool.

• We levered the lid open.
• He levered the rock up with a metal bar.
• Can you lever this nail out?

使い方： lever something out of something (We levered the stone out of the hole.)

類義語： pry

よく使う表現： lever something up, lever something open, lever something out