send down

下に送る、下ろす

人や物を高い場所から低い場所へ移動させる。

やさしい英語で： To make someone or something go from a higher place to a lower one.

• Please send down the empty basket.
• They sent a rope down from the roof.
• Can you send someone down to the ground floor?

使い方： send someone/something down to someone/something (They sent the tools down to the workers below.)

類義語： lower

反対語： raise

よく使う表現： send down something, send down someone, send down supplies

懲役刑を言い渡す、投獄する

犯罪の罰として、一定期間刑務所に入るよう命じる。

やさしい英語で： To order someone to spend time in prison as punishment for a crime.

• The judge sent him down.
• She was sent down for two years.
• Will they send him down for the robbery?

使い方： send someone down for + period of time (The judge sent him down for five years.)

類義語： imprison, jail

反対語： release

よく使う表現： send down someone, send someone down

投球する

クリケットで、バットで打とうとする選手に向けて球を投げる。

やさしい英語で： In cricket, to throw the ball toward the player who tries to hit it.

• He sent down a fast ball.
• She sent down six accurate deliveries.
• The captain asked him to send down another over.

使い方： send down something (The bowler sent down a fast delivery.)

類義語： bowl

よく使う表現： send down deliveries, send down an over, send down a ball

マイナーリーグに降格させる

野球で、選手を下位リーグのチームへ移す。

やさしい英語で： In baseball, to move a player to a team in a lower league.

• The team sent him down.
• They sent the young pitcher down to the minors.
• She expects the club to send down two players.

使い方： send someone down to something (The club sent the pitcher down to the minor leagues.)

類義語： demote

反対語： promote

よく使う表現： send down someone, send someone down

下放する

政治的な再教育のため、農村で暮らして農作業をするよう強制する。

やさしい英語で： To force someone to live and work as a farmer in the countryside for political education.

• The authorities sent the students down.
• Many young people were sent down to work on farms.
• His parents had been sent down during the Cultural Revolution.

使い方： send someone down to the countryside (The authorities sent young people down to the countryside.)

よく使う表現： send down someone, send students down