platform

ホーム

線路のそばで列車を待ち、乗り降りする場所。

やさしい英語で： The area beside railway tracks where people wait for, board, or leave trains.

• Our train leaves from platform two.
• Passengers waited on the crowded platform.
• Which platform does the next train leave from?

よく使う表現： station platform, platform number three, on the platform

発言の場

自分の考えを多くの人に伝えるための機会や場所。

やさしい英語で： An opportunity or place to share your ideas with an audience.

• The show gave her a platform.
• He used his platform to call for change.
• Local radio provides a platform for community debate.

使い方： platform for someone/something (The festival provides a platform for young artists.); platform to do something (The interview gave her a platform to explain her views.)

類義語： forum, outlet

よく使う表現： platform for something, give someone platform, public platform

プラットフォーム

ほかのプログラムを動かす土台となるコンピューターやソフトウェアの環境。

やさしい英語で： A computer system or software environment on which other programs run.

• The app works on this platform.
• Developers tested the software on two different platforms.
• Which platform does your database use?

使い方： on a platform (The program runs on several platforms.)

類義語： environment, system

よく使う表現： software platform, computing platform, run on platform

壇、舞台

人前で話したり演技したりするために立つ、一段高い場所。

やさしい英語で： A raised area where people stand to speak or perform in front of others.

• The singer stood on a platform.
• Workers built a wooden platform for the band.
• She stepped onto the platform to address the crowd.

類義語： stage, podium

よく使う表現： raised platform, stand on platform, platform for speakers