wildcard

ワイルドカード

検索や照合で、他の文字や文字列の代わりになる記号。

やさしい英語で： A symbol that can stand for other letters or text when searching or matching information.

• Use a wildcard to find similar filenames.
• An asterisk often acts as a wildcard.
• This search accepts wildcards at the end of a word.

類義語： wildcard character

よく使う表現： wildcard character, use a wildcard

不確定要素、予測不能な存在

行動や影響を予測したり制御したりするのが難しい人や物。

やさしい英語で： A person or thing whose behavior or effect is difficult to predict or control.

• The weather is a wildcard in our plans.
• Her brother remains the family’s wildcard.
• A new candidate could be a wildcard in the election.

使い方： a wildcard in something (His health is a wildcard in the team’s plans.)

類義語： unknown quantity, unpredictable factor

よく使う表現： political wildcard, wildcard in something

隠し玉、切り札

予想外の事態に備え、必要になるまで隠したり使わずに取っておくもの。

やさしい英語で： Something kept hidden or unused until it is needed to deal with an unexpected situation.

• The team kept one wildcard in reserve.
• Her secret contacts were a useful wildcard during negotiations.
• They revealed their wildcard only when the original plan failed.

類義語： secret weapon, reserve

よく使う表現： a hidden wildcard, keep a wildcard, a strategic wildcard

ワイルドカード、代用記号

母音など、ある種類の音ならどれでも表せる記号。

やさしい英語で： A symbol used to stand for any sound of a certain kind, such as any vowel.

• Here, C is a wildcard for a consonant.
• The transcription uses a wildcard where the sound is unclear.
• These wildcards represent vowels in the sound pattern.

よく使う表現： a wildcard symbol, consonant wildcard, vowel wildcard

ワイルドカードを使う

検索で複数の異なる値を見つけられるよう、文中に特別な記号を使う。

やさしい英語で： To use a special symbol in text so a search can match several different values.

• You can wildcard the filename.
• She wildcarded the ending to find related files.
• Should we wildcard this part of the search?

よく使う表現： wildcard a filename, wildcard the suffix, wildcard a search