zone

区域、地帯

特定の用途や特徴、決まりがある場所の範囲。

やさしい英語で： An area with a particular use, feature, or rule.

• This is a parking zone.
• Cars are banned from the pedestrian zone.
• We crossed into a different time zone.

類義語： area, district, region

よく使う表現： industrial zone, pedestrian zone, time zone

領域、範囲

共通の特徴や境界を持つ状況、経験、考えの範囲。

やさしい英語で： A particular range of situations, experiences, or ideas with shared limits or features.

• This topic takes me outside my comfort zone.
• Their argument had entered a danger zone.
• Her questions pushed the discussion into an unfamiliar zone.

類義語： area, sphere

よく使う表現： comfort zone, danger zone, safe zone

ゾーン、フロー状態

完全に集中し、普段よりも特に高い力を発揮している状態。

やさしい英語で： A state in which you are completely focused and perform especially well.

• I was in the zone today.
• Once he gets in the zone, he writes for hours.
• The team stayed in the zone throughout the final.

使い方： be in the zone (She was in the zone and scored three times.)

類義語： flow

よく使う表現： in the zone, get into the zone

帯、植生帯

何かの周囲に帯状に広がる植物などの生育物。

やさしい英語で： A band of plants or other growth around something.

• A forest zone circles the mountain.
• Above it lies a narrow zone of grasses.
• The map shows several zones of plant growth.

使い方： zone of something (A zone of young trees surrounds the clearing.)

類義語： belt, band

よく使う表現： vegetation zone, forest zone, zone of trees

用途指定する

土地や建物を何に使ってよいか、公的に定める。

やさしい英語で： To officially decide how land or buildings may be used.

• They zoned this land for housing.
• The council has zoned the property as commercial.
• Can this site be zoned for shops?

使い方： zone something for something (The council zoned the land for housing.); zone something as something (They zoned the property as commercial.)

類義語： classify, designate

よく使う表現： zone for housing, zone as residential, zone the land, zone for industry

区分する

場所を、異なる目的に使う区域に分ける。

やさしい英語で： To divide a place into separate areas for different purposes.

• Zone the room into separate work areas.
• They zoned the warehouse for different types of goods.
• We zoned off the back section for storage.

使い方： zone something into something (We zoned the hall into separate activity areas.); zone off something (They zoned off a section for equipment.)

類義語： divide, partition

よく使う表現： zone the space, zone an area, zone off something

ぼんやりする、うとうとする

一時的に注意がそれて、考え事にふけったり眠くなったりする。

やさしい英語で： To stop paying attention for a short time and become sleepy or lost in thought.

• I sometimes zone out in meetings.
• She zoned while he explained the directions.
• You look tired; did you zone out again?

使い方： zone out (I zoned out during the long speech.)

類義語： daydream, doze off

よく使う表現： zone out, zone during something