move up

昇進する、上のクラスに進む

仕事でより高い地位についたり、上の段階へ進んだりすること。

やさしい英語で： To reach a higher position at work or a more advanced level.

• She wants to move up at work.
• He moved up to the senior team last year.
• How quickly can a new employee move up?

使い方： move up to something (She moved up to the senior class.); move up in something (He hopes to move up in the company.)

類義語： advance, rise, get promoted

よく使う表現： move up quickly, move up a level, move up the ladder

繰り上げる、前倒しする

予定していた出来事の日時を早めること。

やさしい英語で： To change the planned time of an event so it happens earlier.

• Can we move the meeting up?
• They moved our flight up by an hour.
• The wedding has been moved up to June.

使い方： move something up to a time/date (They moved the interview up to Monday.); move something up by an amount of time (We moved the deadline up by two days.)

類義語： bring forward, reschedule earlier

反対語： put back, postpone

よく使う表現： move up something, move something up

昇進させる、上のクラスに進ませる

人をより高い地位につけたり、上のクラスへ進ませたりすること。

やさしい英語で： To give someone a higher position or put them in a more advanced group.

• They moved him up to the next class.
• The company will move her up to a management role.
• Can we move this player up to the first team?

使い方： move someone up to something (They moved her up to the senior team.)

類義語： promote, advance

反対語： demote

よく使う表現： move up a player, move someone up

上に動かす、上げる

物を今ある位置より高いところへ動かすこと。

やさしい英語で： To put something in a physically higher position.

• Move the picture up a little.
• We moved the boxes up to the attic.
• Can you move that shelf up a few inches?

使い方： move something up to something (Move the box up to the top shelf.)

類義語： raise, lift

反対語： lower

よく使う表現： move up something, move something up

詰める、席を空ける

ほかの人の場所を作るために、座る位置や立つ位置をずらすこと。

やさしい英語で： To change where you are sitting or standing so someone else has space.

• Please move up so I can sit down.
• We moved up to make room for another passenger.
• Could you move up a little on the bench?

類義語： move over, shift over

よく使う表現： move up a seat, move up a little

順位を上げる

人や物を一覧や順位の中で、より上の位置に移すこと。

やさしい英語で： To put someone or something closer to the top of a list or ranking.

• Move this task up the list.
• They moved our song up to third place on the chart.
• Should we move that candidate up the rankings?

使い方： move someone/something up the list (We moved her name up the list.)

類義語： raise, rank higher

反対語： lower

よく使う表現： move up something, move someone up