read off

読み上げる

書かれた項目を、通常は一覧の順番に声に出して読む。

やさしい英語で： To say written items aloud, usually one after another from a list.

• Please read off the names.
• She read the numbers off slowly so I could write them down.
• Can you read off the next three items?

使い方： read something off (She read the names off one by one.); read something off something (He read the prices off a printed list.)

類義語： read out, recite

よく使う表現： read off something, read off the names

数値を読み取る、目盛りを読む

目盛りや測定器、図表を見て、示されている数値を読み取る。

やさしい英語で： To find a number by looking at a scale, instrument, or chart.

• Read off the temperature, please.
• She read off the pressure shown on the gauge.
• Can you read the value off this graph?

使い方： read something off something (You can read the temperature off the display.)

類義語： read, measure

よく使う表現： read off something, read off the temperature

叱る、叱りつける

悪いことをした人に怒って強く注意する。

やさしい英語で： To speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong.

• The boss read him off.
• She read the boys off for breaking the window.
• Did your father read you off when you arrived late?

使い方： read someone off (His father read him off for leaving the gate open.)

類義語： scold, tell off, reprimand

反対語： praise

よく使う表現： read someone off, read off someone