今日の単語　breadth

breadth

今日の単語 breadth の意味は？先に英英辞典と英和辞典の意味を確認してみましょう。

the distance from one side to another

the fact of including many different things, features, subjects, or qualities

the distance from one side of an object to the opposite side, esp. when it is shorter than the distance between the object’s other two sides

Breadth is also the range or areas of knowledge or ability that someone has

The breadth of something is the distance between its two sides.

〔物や場所の〕（横）幅、広がり

〔織物の標準の〕幅

〔場所などの〕広大さ、大きな広がり

〔知識などの〕幅広さ、広がり

例文を確認してみましょう

The length of this box is twice its breadth.

長さは幅の二倍。どっちがどっちでしょう。通常、短いほうを breadth と言っているようです。日本語で言うと奥行になりますかね。

The breadth of his knowledge of history was impressive.

彼の歴史に対する知識の幅はすごい

He showed an astonishing breadth of learning for one so young.

この若さでこの学習能力があるとは驚きだ

Older people have a tremendous breadth of experience.

年長者は幅広い経験を持っています

Why Novak Djokovic lost his fight to stay in Australia – and why it sets a concerning precedent – Today, the full Federal Court, in a unanimous judgement, dismissed Djokovic’s application to overturn the cancellation of his visa. It is not surprising he lost his case. Although the evidence used by the immigration minister to cancel the visa was not overwhelmingly strong, the breadth of his powers under the Migration Act made it very difficult to successfully challenge his findings. (from The Conversation)

ジョコビッチ選手がオーストラリアに入れなかった件。有名なスポーツ選手はロールモデルとされることも多いです。ワクチンやコロナだけでなく波紋が広がっているようです。

今日の単語は

breadth 幅広さ

でした

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