stake

利害関係

結果が自分に影響するため、その物事と個人的な関わりがあること。

やさしい英語で： A personal interest in something because its result can affect you.

• We all have a stake in this decision.
• She has a personal stake in the project.
• Local families had a stake in protecting the river.

使い方： have a stake in something (Parents have a stake in the future of the school.)

類義語： interest

よく使う表現： have a stake, stake in something, personal stake

杭

何かを支えたり印をつけたりするため、地面に打ち込む先のとがった木や金属。

やさしい英語で： A pointed piece of wood or metal pushed into the ground to support or mark something.

• Hammer the stake into the ground.
• We tied the tent ropes to metal stakes.
• A wooden stake marks the edge of the garden.

類義語： post, peg

よく使う表現： wooden stake, tent stake, drive a stake

持ち分、株式持分

企業や事業などの所有権の一部。

やさしい英語で： A share of ownership in a business or other activity.

• He owns a small stake in the business.
• The bank sold its stake in the company.
• They purchased a majority stake last year.

使い方： stake in something (She bought a stake in the company.)

類義語： share, holding, interest

よく使う表現： stake in something, majority stake, minority stake, buy a stake

火刑台

罰として人を縛りつけ、焼き殺すために使われた木の柱。

やさしい英語で： A wooden post to which someone was tied and burned as a punishment.

• The prisoner was tied to the stake.
• They threatened to burn her at the stake.
• The museum describes executions at the stake.

よく使う表現： at the stake, burn at the stake

支柱を立てる、杭で固定する

地面に立てた杭で物を支えたり固定したり、境界を示したりする。

やさしい英語で： To support, secure, or mark the edges of something using pointed posts in the ground.

• We need to stake these plants.
• She staked the young trees after planting them.
• The surveyor staked the boundary of the field.

よく使う表現： stake tomato plants, stake a tent, stake a boundary

資金を出す

賭け事や事業を始めるための資金を誰かに出すこと。

やさしい英語で： To give someone money so they can gamble or start a business activity.

• His friend staked him for the game.
• She staked her brother to his first business.
• Could you stake me to another hundred dollars?

使い方： stake someone to something (Her uncle staked her to the money for her first shop.)

類義語： fund, back, finance

よく使う表現： stake someone, stake someone to something

杭を打ち込む、杭で刺す

特に傷つけたり殺したりするため、とがった木や金属の杭を突き刺す。

やさしい英語で： To push a pointed piece of wood or metal into something, especially to injure or kill.

• The hero staked the vampire.
• She tried to stake the creature through its heart.
• The hunter carried wood to stake the monster.

類義語： impale

よく使う表現： stake a vampire, stake through something