spin down

回転速度を落とす

回転が徐々に遅くなり、普通はそのまま完全に止まる。

やさしい英語で： To turn more slowly, usually until completely stopped.

• The motor began to spin down.
• Wait for the wheel to spin down before touching it.
• The engineer spun the rotor down after the test.

使い方： spin something down (The operator spun the turbine down before checking it.)

類義語： slow down

反対語： spin up

よく使う表現： spin down slowly, spin down the rotor

徐々に終わる、段階的に縮小する

勢いや活動が弱まり、または少しずつ終わりに近づく。

やさしい英語で： To lose energy or activity, or gradually come to an end.

• The project is starting to spin down.
• We spun down the campaign as funding ran out.
• Several programs will spin down by the end of the year.

使い方： spin something down (They plan to spin the project down over six months.)

類義語： wind down, peter out

反対語： ramp up

よく使う表現： spin down operations, spin down gradually

ディスクの回転速度を落とす

ディスクの回転が、データの読み書きに必要な速度より遅くなる。

やさしい英語で： When a computer disk turns slower than needed to read or save data, it does this.

• The hard drive has spun down.
• Unused disks spin down to save power.
• How long does the drive wait before spinning down?

使い方： spin something down (The computer spins the drive down when it is idle.)

反対語： spin up

よく使う表現： spin down when idle, spin down the disk

能力が低下する、資源が減少する

使える資源が徐々に減ったり、物事を行う力が弱まったりする。

やさしい英語で： To gradually have fewer resources or become less able to do things.

• The organization began to spin down after years of cuts.
• Without new staff, our research capacity has spun down.
• The service kept spinning down as its budget shrank.

類義語： decline, weaken, deteriorate

よく使う表現： spin down steadily, spin down over time