scope

範囲、対象範囲

本や計画、法律、活動などが扱ったり含めたりする範囲。

やさしい英語で： The range of things a book, project, law, or activity includes or deals with.

• The project has a limited scope.
• We expanded the scope of our research.
• Does this problem fall within the scope of the law?

使い方： scope of something (We discussed the scope of the project.); within/outside the scope of something (Travel costs fall outside the scope of this review.)

類義語： range, extent, coverage

よく使う表現： scope of something, within the scope, outside the scope, broad scope

スコープ、望遠鏡

遠くの物やごく小さな物を見るための、望遠鏡や顕微鏡などの器具。

やさしい英語で： A device such as a telescope or microscope that helps you see distant or very small things.

• Look through the scope.
• He adjusted the scope to see the target clearly.
• These scopes let us observe distant stars.

よく使う表現： rifle scope, through a scope, adjust the scope

スコープ、有効範囲

プログラム内で、特定の名前やデータを使える範囲。

やさしい英語で： The part of a computer program where a particular name or piece of data can be used.

• This variable has local scope.
• The name is not available outside this scope.
• A variable declared inside the function goes out of scope when the function ends.

よく使う表現： local scope, global scope, variable scope, out of scope

下見する、調べる

場所や物について知るために、注意深く見て調べること。

やさしい英語で： To look carefully at a place or thing to learn about it.

• Let's scope out the area.
• She scoped the room for empty seats.
• We scoped out several locations for the party.

使い方： scope something out (We scoped the restaurant out before booking a table.)

類義語： check out, inspect, examine

よく使う表現： scope out something, scope the area

内視鏡検査をする

カメラ付きの細い器具で体内を調べたり治療したりすること。

やさしい英語で： To examine or treat inside someone's body using a thin instrument with a camera.

• The doctor will scope your knee.
• They scoped her stomach to find the bleeding.
• Has the surgeon scoped the joint yet?

よく使う表現： scope the knee, scope the stomach

顕微鏡で調べる

ごく小さな物を大きく見せる顕微鏡を使って調べること。

やさしい英語で： To examine something through a microscope, which makes very small things look larger.

• We need to scope this sample.
• She scoped the insect to identify it.
• Have you scoped the cells on this slide?

類義語： examine microscopically

よく使う表現： scope a sample, scope the specimen