shop around

比較して選ぶ、店を見て回る

買う物や選ぶものを決める前に、複数の店などで値段や選択肢を比べること。

やさしい英語で： To compare prices or other choices at different places before deciding what to buy or choose.

• Shop around before you buy.
• We shopped around for cheaper car insurance.
• Have you shopped around to compare different builders?

使い方： shop around for something (Shop around for a better insurance deal.); shop around before doing something (We shopped around before choosing a builder.)

類義語： compare prices, compare options

よく使う表現： shop around for something, shop around first

選択肢を比較する

どれにするか決める前に、いくつもの候補を調べて比べること。

やさしい英語で： To look at several possible choices before deciding which one you want.

• Shop around before you decide.
• He shopped around for a new tennis coach.
• Are you shopping around for better insurance?

使い方： shop around for someone/something (She is shopping around for a better employer.)

類義語： look around, compare options

よく使う表現： shop around, shop around for something

複数の買い手に売り込む

誰かに採用や購入をしてもらおうと、複数の人や会社に持ちかけること。

やさしい英語で： To offer something to several people or companies, hoping someone will accept or buy it.

• He shopped his idea around.
• She is shopping around her novel to publishers.
• They shopped the project around until a studio agreed.

使い方： shop something around to someone (She shopped her screenplay around to several producers.)

類義語： pitch, offer

よく使う表現： shop something around, shop around a script