quarantine

隔離、検疫隔離

病気が広がるのを防ぐため、ほかと離れて過ごす期間。

やさしい英語で： A period of staying apart from others to prevent a possible illness from spreading.

• Her quarantine ends tomorrow.
• The animals spent a month in quarantine.
• Travelers had to enter quarantine after arriving.

使い方： in quarantine (The passengers remained in quarantine for a week.)

類義語： isolation

よく使う表現： in quarantine, quarantine period, mandatory quarantine

隔離施設、検疫所

病気の広がりを防ぐため、人や動物をほかと離して置く場所。

やさしい英語で： A place where people or animals are kept apart from others to prevent illness from spreading.

• The quarantine stood outside the town.
• Workers cleaned every room in the quarantine.
• The port built a quarantine to house sick travelers.

類義語： isolation facility

よく使う表現： animal quarantine, port quarantine, quarantine building

隔離する

病気の広がりを防ぐため、人や動物をほかと離しておく。

やさしい英語で： To keep someone or an animal apart from others to prevent a possible illness from spreading.

• They quarantined the sick animals.
• All passengers were quarantined after the outbreak.
• Should we quarantine anyone who shared her room?

使い方： quarantine someone/something for a period (Officials quarantined the animals for ten days.)

類義語： isolate

よく使う表現： quarantine someone, quarantine animals, quarantine passengers

自主隔離する

病気をうつしたり、うつされたりしないように、ほかの人と離れて過ごす。

やさしい英語で： To stay apart from other people so that you do not spread or catch an illness.

• You can quarantine at home.
• We quarantined for a week after our trip.
• Anyone exposed to the virus should quarantine themselves.

使い方： quarantine for a period (We had to quarantine for five days.); quarantine yourself (She quarantined herself after contact with an infected friend.)

類義語： self-isolate, self-quarantine

よく使う表現： quarantine at home, quarantine for days, quarantine yourself