project

プロジェクト、計画

特定の目標に向けて計画された仕事。複数の作業や人が関わることが多い。

やさしい英語で： A piece of planned work with a particular goal, often involving several tasks and people.

• Our class started a science project.
• She managed a project to repair the bridge.
• Have you finished your history project?

類義語： assignment, undertaking

よく使う表現： school project, research project, building project, development project

公営住宅団地

安い住居を提供する建物や団地。政府などが費用を出すことが多い。

やさしい英語で： A building or group of buildings providing low-cost homes, often paid for by the government.

• She grew up in a housing project.
• The city repaired several old projects.
• Residents of the project asked for better lighting.

類義語： public housing development

よく使う表現： housing project, live in projects, public housing project

予測する、見積もる

将来何が起こるか、またはどのくらいの量になるかを予想すること。

やさしい英語で： You estimate what will happen or how much something will be in the future.

• They project higher sales next year.
• The company projected a small loss.
• We project that demand will double by June.

使い方： project something to be something (We project costs to be lower next year.); project that… (Analysts project that sales will rise.)

類義語： forecast, predict, estimate

よく使う表現： project future growth, project sales, project a loss, project completion

投影する、映写する

光と機械を使い、画面や壁などに画像を映すこと。

やさしい英語で： You use light and a machine to make a picture appear on a screen or surface.

• We projected photos onto the wall.
• The teacher projects maps during lessons.
• Can this machine project a clear image outside?

使い方： project something onto something (They projected the film onto a white wall.)

類義語： display, show

よく使う表現： project an image, project onto something, project a film

印象を与える、醸し出す

自分や他の物事について、相手にある印象を持たせること。

やさしい英語で： You make other people see you or something else in a particular way.

• She projects confidence when she speaks.
• The company projected an image of success.
• His relaxed manner projects a sense of calm.

類義語： convey, communicate

よく使う表現： project confidence, project an image, project a sense

突き出る

他の物の表面や端から外側へ伸びていること。

やさしい英語で： Something extends outward beyond the surface or edge of something else.

• A shelf projects from the wall.
• The balcony projected over the street.
• These sharp edges project beyond the frame.

使い方： project from something (A wooden beam projects from the wall.); project beyond something (The roof projects beyond the outer walls.)

類義語： stick out, protrude, extend

よく使う表現： project from something, project beyond something, project over something

声を響かせる

遠くの人にもはっきり聞こえるように話したり歌ったりすること。

やさしい英語で： You speak or sing so that people far away can hear you clearly.

• Try to project your voice.
• The actor projected every word clearly.
• She learned to project without shouting.

よく使う表現： project your voice, project the words