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競技場、グラウンド

サッカーやラグビーなどのスポーツをする地面の区画。

やさしい英語で： The area of ground where football, rugby, or some other sports are played.

• The players ran onto the pitch.
• Rain left the football pitch muddy.
• Is there a rugby pitch near here?

類義語： field, playing field

よく使う表現： football pitch, rugby pitch, on the pitch

音の高さ、音高

音がどれくらい高いか、低いか。

やさしい英語で： How high or low a sound is.

• Her voice rose in pitch.
• The two notes have different pitches.
• Can you lower the pitch of that sound?

よく使う表現： high pitch, low pitch, change pitch

売り込み、プレゼン

商品を買ったり提案を受け入れたりしてもらうための短い説明。

やさしい英語で： A short talk intended to make someone buy something or accept an idea.

• His sales pitch was very convincing.
• She prepared a pitch for potential investors.
• We heard three pitches for the new campaign.

類義語： sales talk, presentation

よく使う表現： sales pitch, elevator pitch, make a pitch

投球

野球で、バットで打とうとする選手に向けてボールを投げること。

やさしい英語で： A throw of the ball towards the player who is trying to hit it in baseball.

• The first pitch was too high.
• She hit his next pitch.
• He threw twenty pitches in that inning.

類義語： throw

よく使う表現： throw a pitch, fast pitch, first pitch

高まり、強度

感情や活動の強さの度合い。特に非常に強くなったときに使う。

やさしい英語で： The strength of an emotion or activity, especially when it becomes very strong.

• Excitement reached fever pitch before the final.
• Her anger rose to a frightening pitch.
• The debate reached a pitch of unusual intensity.

使い方： reach fever pitch (The crowd’s excitement reached fever pitch.)

類義語： intensity, height

よく使う表現： fever pitch, high pitch

音感

正確な高さで歌ったり、聞いた音が何の音か分かったりする能力。

やさしい英語で： The ability to sing a note accurately or know which note you hear.

• She has perfect pitch.
• His poor pitch makes singing difficult.
• Musicians can develop their relative pitch through practice.

よく使う表現： perfect pitch, absolute pitch, relative pitch

投げる

物を投げる。特に、打とうとする人に向かってボールを投げる。

やさしい英語で： To throw something, especially a ball towards someone trying to hit it.

• Pitch the ball to me.
• He pitched a stone into the pond.
• She pitches for the school baseball team.

使い方： pitch something to someone (She pitched the ball to her teammate.)

類義語： throw, toss

よく使う表現： pitch a ball, pitch to someone, pitch a horseshoe

売り込む、提案する

商品やアイデアを説明して、買ったり受け入れたりするよう相手を説得する。

やさしい英語で： To explain an idea or product in order to persuade someone to accept or buy it.

• She pitched her idea to the manager.
• We are pitching a new product today.
• They pitched several projects before finding an investor.

使い方： pitch something to someone (He pitched his plan to the directors.)

類義語： promote, sell

よく使う表現： pitch an idea, pitch to someone, pitch a product