mediate

仲介する、調停する

対立している人々が話し合い、合意できるよう手助けする。

やさしい英語で： To help people who disagree talk to each other and reach an agreement.

• Can you mediate between us?
• She mediated a dispute over working hours.
• An independent expert will mediate in the peace talks.

使い方： mediate between A and B (A teacher mediated between the two students.); mediate in something (The minister offered to mediate in the dispute.)

類義語： arbitrate, intervene

よく使う表現： mediate a dispute, mediate between people, mediate peace talks

間接的な

直接ではなく、他の人や物を通して起こる。

やさしい英語で： Happening through another person or thing, rather than directly.

• The philosopher distinguished direct from mediate knowledge.
• A mediate cause produces its effect through another cause.
• The essay examines mediate perception through signs and images.

類義語： indirect

反対語： direct, immediate

よく使う表現： mediate knowledge, mediate cause, mediate perception