rehearsal

リハーサル、稽古

観客に見せる前に、芝居やコンサートなどを練習すること。

やさしい英語で： A time when people practise a play, concert, or other performance before presenting it to an audience.

• Rehearsal starts at six.
• The actors held three rehearsals this week.
• Did you remember your costume for the dress rehearsal?

使い方： rehearsal for something (We have a rehearsal for the concert tonight.)

類義語： practice, run-through

よく使う表現： dress rehearsal, band rehearsal, rehearsal for something

予行演習、前触れ

後に起こることへの準備になったり、その様子を予想させたりする活動や出来事。

やさしい英語で： An activity or event that prepares you for, or gives an idea of, something that will happen later.

• The drill was a useful rehearsal.
• This small flood felt like a rehearsal for a greater disaster.
• We treated the practice interview as a rehearsal for tomorrow.

使い方： rehearsal for something (The exercise was a rehearsal for a real emergency.)

類義語： trial run, practice, preview

よく使う表現： rehearsal for something, emergency rehearsal, a useful rehearsal