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close the gap

/kloʊz ðə ɡæp/
格差を縮める

The new policy aims to close the gap between rich and poor.

新しい政策は、富裕層と貧困層の格差を縮めることを目指しています。


正式的

二つの状況やグループ間の差を小さくすること

The company is working to close the gender pay gap.

その会社は、男女間の賃金格差を縮めるために取り組んでいます。

New technologies are helping to close the digital divide.

新しい技術が、デジタル格差を縮めるのに役立っています。

主に社会的・経済的な不均衡を指す。

コロケーション

close the income gap所得格差を縮めるclose the achievement gap学力格差を縮める

類義語

bridge the gapnarrow the gapreduce the disparity

反義語

widen the gapincrease the disparity

関連フレーズ

bridge the divideフレーズ
分断を埋める
level the playing field慣用句
公平な競争環境を整える

プロのヒント

使い分け

'close the gap'は主に数値や状況の差を縮める際に使われ、'bridge the gap'はより広義の分断(文化・世代間など)を埋める際に使われる。

語源

1960s–70s; from the figurative sense of 'gap' as a disparity or difference, combined with 'close' meaning to reduce or eliminate.

使用上の注意

主に社会的・経済的な格差を指す際に使われる。ビジネスや政策の文脈で頻出。

単語の分解

close
縮める・埋める
verb
+
the gap
格差・差異
noun phrase
英和辞典

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