reservation

予約

決まった日時に使えるよう、部屋や席、テーブルをあらかじめ確保すること。

やさしい英語で： An arrangement to keep a room, seat, or table available for you at a particular time.

• We have a reservation for tonight.
• She canceled her hotel reservation.
• Did you make a reservation at the restaurant?

使い方： reservation for someone/something (I made a reservation for four people.); reservation at somewhere (We have a reservation at the hotel.)

類義語： booking

よく使う表現： make a reservation, hotel reservation, reservation for two

懸念、疑念、ためらい

あることに全面的に賛成したり支持したりするのをためらわせる疑いや心配。

やさしい英語で： A doubt or concern that makes you unsure whether you fully agree with or support something.

• I have some reservations about this plan.
• He expressed serious reservations about the cost.
• Would you recommend her without reservation?

使い方： have reservations about something/doing something (I have reservations about lending him money.); without reservation (She supported the proposal without reservation.)

類義語： doubt, misgiving, qualm

よく使う表現： have a reservation, serious reservation, without reservation

先住民居留地、インディアン居留地

アメリカ合衆国で、先住民族のために設けられた土地。

やさしい英語で： Land set aside in the United States for a Native American people.

• She lives on a reservation.
• The reservation has its own local government.
• They visited a museum on the Hopi Reservation.

類義語： reserve, res, rez, rezzy

よく使う表現： tribal reservation, reservation land, on a reservation

留保、確保

特定の目的のために物を確保したり、人に渡さず手元に残したりすること。

やさしい英語で： The act of keeping something for a particular purpose or choosing not to give it away.

• The agreement allows reservation of certain rights.
• They approved the reservation of funds for repairs.
• Reservation of these rooms for staff use reduced the available space.

使い方： reservation of something for something (The plan requires reservation of land for future schools.)

類義語： withholding, setting aside

よく使う表現： reservation of funds, reservation of rights, reservation of land

中央分離帯

幹線道路で、反対方向へ進む車の流れを隔てる帯状の土地や柵。

やさしい英語で： A strip of land or a barrier between the two sides of a main road.

• Grass grows on the central reservation.
• The car hit the central reservation.
• Workers repaired the barrier along the central reservation.

類義語： median, divider

よく使う表現： central reservation, cross the reservation

留保分、取り置き分

人に渡したり、分け合ったり、ほかと一緒にしたりせず、残しておく物。

やさしい英語で： Something kept back rather than given, shared, or included with the rest.

• The retained field was a reservation from the grant.
• The document lists each reservation of property separately.
• His share of the income remained a reservation under the agreement.

類義語： retained portion

よく使う表現： a small reservation, reservation of property