railroad

鉄道、線路

列車が走る、金属のレールでできた道。

やさしい英語で： A route made of metal tracks that trains travel along.

• The railroad runs beside the river.
• We crossed the railroad near the station.
• An old railroad connected the two towns.

類義語： railway, railway line

よく使う表現： railroad track, cross the railroad, railroad crossing

鉄道、鉄道網

列車、線路、駅からなる交通の仕組み。

やさしい英語で： A transport system of trains, tracks, and stations.

• The railroad carries both people and goods.
• The country expanded its railroad network.
• Heavy snow disrupted the railroad system.

類義語： railway

よく使う表現： national railroad, railroad system, railroad network

鉄道会社

鉄道の路線や設備を所有し、運営する会社。

やさしい英語で： An organization that owns and runs train lines and related equipment.

• The railroad owns several stations.
• Two smaller railroads merged last year.
• She bought shares in a regional railroad.

類義語： railway company

よく使う表現： private railroad, railroad company, railroad owner

拙速な手続き

十分に考えたり公平に話し合ったりせず、急いで進めた手続き。

やさしい英語で： A process pushed through too quickly, without enough thought or fair discussion.

• The hearing was a railroad from start to finish.
• She called the rushed approval a complete railroad.
• The lawyers turned the signing process into a railroad.

よく使う表現： a complete railroad, a procedural railroad

追い出す、追放する

人を無理やり、すぐにその場から立ち去らせる。

やさしい英語で： If people do this to you, they force you to leave quickly.

• They railroaded him out of his job.
• The board tried to railroad her out of office.
• He feared they would railroad him away before the meeting.

使い方： railroad someone out of something (They railroaded the chair out of office.)

類義語： force out, oust

よく使う表現： railroad someone out, railroad someone away

無実の罪で投獄する

不公平な裁判手続きで、無実の人を刑務所に入れる。

やさしい英語で： To make someone go to prison through an unfair legal process.

• The police railroaded an innocent man.
• She claimed her brother had been railroaded into prison.
• False evidence helped railroad him into jail.

使い方： railroad someone into prison (They used false evidence to railroad him into prison.)

類義語： frame

よく使う表現： railroad someone into prison, railroad an innocent person

鉄道を運営する

列車を使って人や物を運ぶ事業を営む。

やさしい英語で： To run a transport business using trains.

• The company hoped to railroad more efficiently.
• They railroaded for profit across the region.
• Private firms can railroad badly too.

よく使う表現： railroad efficiently, railroad for profit

鉄道会社で働く

鉄道会社に勤める。

やさしい英語で： To have a job with a train company.

• My grandfather railroaded for forty years.
• She used to railroad for a freight company.
• He began railroading when he was twenty.

使い方： railroad for someone (He railroaded for a regional train company.)

よく使う表現： railroad for someone, railroad for years