max out

使い切る

利用できるお金、空間、力などを、残らず使う。

やさしい英語で： To use all the money, space, power, or other capacity available in something.

• Don’t max out your credit card.
• We maxed out the budget before the project ended.
• Running both programs maxes out the computer’s memory.

使い方： max out something (Downloading those files will max out your storage.)

類義語： use up, exhaust

よく使う表現： max out something, max out credit cards

最大値に達する

それ以上増やせない、最も高い量や水準に達する。

やさしい英語で： To reach the highest amount or level possible, so no further increase is possible.

• The machine has maxed out.
• Sales maxed out at a thousand units a month.
• Does this engine max out at that speed?

使い方： max out at + amount (The connection maxes out at fifty megabits per second.)

類義語： peak, reach a maximum

よく使う表現： max out at something, max out quickly

限界に達する

自分の力や能力、体力でできることの限界に達する。

やさしい英語で： To reach the most you can do with your strength, ability, or energy.

• I maxed out during training.
• He maxed out at ten pull-ups.
• Have you maxed out, or can you lift more?

使い方： max out at + amount (She maxed out at eighty kilos on that lift.)

類義語： reach your limit

よく使う表現： max out physically, max out in training

刑期を満了する

早期に釈放されず、刑期が終わるまで刑務所で過ごす。

やさしい英語で： To stay in prison until your entire punishment is finished, without being released early.

• He maxed out last month.
• She will max out her sentence next year.
• Prisoners who max out receive no early release.

使い方： max out a sentence (He maxed out his sentence and left prison in June.)

類義語： serve a full sentence

よく使う表現： max out in prison, max out a sentence

くつろぐ

仕事や心配事から離れ、休んで楽しく過ごす。

やさしい英語で： To rest and enjoy yourself without working or worrying.

• Let’s max out tonight.
• We maxed out on the sofa all afternoon.
• After work, he likes to max out with friends.

類義語： relax, chill out

よく使う表現： max out at home, max out together