rate

速度、ペース

物事が起こったり、物が動いたりする速さ。

やさしい英語で： How quickly something happens or moves.

• Her heart rate was high.
• The water flows at a slow rate.
• Plants grow at different rates in different seasons.

使い方： at a ... rate (The water escaped at a steady rate.); rate of something (The rate of growth has slowed.)

類義語： speed, pace

よく使う表現： at a rate, heart rate, growth rate, rate of change

率、レート

別の量を基準にした値。百分率や単位当たりの値で表すことが多い。

やさしい英語で： An amount measured in relation to another amount, often shown as a percentage or per unit.

• Interest rates have risen.
• What is the exchange rate today?
• The birth rate fell to ten births per thousand people.

使い方： a rate of ... (The loan has an interest rate of five percent.)

類義語： ratio

よく使う表現： interest rate, exchange rate, birth rate

評価する、採点する

人や物がどれほど優れているか、価値があるかを判断し、点数などをつける。

やさしい英語で： To decide how good or valuable someone or something is, often by giving a score.

• How do you rate this hotel?
• Customers rated the service highly.
• I rate this camera at nine out of ten.

使い方： rate something at ... (I would rate the meal at eight out of ten.); rate something on a scale of ... (Rate the pain on a scale of one to ten.)

類義語： evaluate, assess, judge

よく使う表現： rate something highly, rate the service, rate a film

ランク付けする、格付けする

人や物に、一覧や仕組みの中で特定の順位や等級を与える。

やさしい英語で： To give someone or something a particular position or level in a list or system.

• They rate her first nationally.
• The school was rated among the best.
• These products are rated by their energy use.

使い方： be rated ... (The team is rated third in the league.); rate someone/something as ... (The agency rated the company as low risk.)

類義語： rank, classify

よく使う表現： rate someone first, rate something highest, rate someone fourth

見なす、評価する

人や物がある性質を持っていると考える。

やさしい英語で： To think of someone or something as having a particular quality.

• I rate her as a great teacher.
• They rated the experiment a success.
• Few people rate this plan as realistic.

使い方： rate someone/something as ... (I rate her as a very capable leader.); rate something + adjective (He rated the proposal excellent.)

類義語： consider, regard, think of

よく使う表現： rate someone highly, rate something as something