遅れる

おくれる
to be late
to be delayed
to fall behind schedule

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おくれる【遅れる， 後れる】

①［はかどらない］

〔手間取る， 遅延する， 滞る〕

*delay

|他|(事が)(人・物・事)を遅らせる， 遅延させる

The storm delayed the bus. あらしでバスが遅れた

We were delayed by the heavy traffic. 交通渋滞に巻き込まれて遅れた

The departure of the train was delayed. 列車の出発が遅れた

get behind

〔…が〕遅れる〔in， with〕

get behind in one's work 仕事が遅れる

**slow

|自|〖D〗 〖S〗 (人・乗物が)スピードを落す， 遅くなる， 遅れる(down， off， up).

②［決った時間より後になる］

〔遅刻する， 間に合わない〕

¶今朝学校に20分遅れた

I was twenty minutes late for school this morning.

¶ → 電車に遅れる (電車に後れる)

③［時計が］

**lose

/lúːz/ |自|(時計が)遅れる.

|他|(時計が)(ある時間)遅れる(⇔gain)

His watch loses by three minutes a day. 彼の時計は日に3分遅れる.

④［取り残される］

〔乗り遅れる， 後れを取る〕

**drop

|自|落後［後退］する， 遅れる(away， back， off， behind)

lag

|自|遅れる；のろのろ歩く， ぐずぐずする；(事が)立ち遅れる(behind)

The girl lagged behind because she was tired. その女の子は疲れたため遅れた.

|他|…より遅れる；…を遅れさせる

tarry

|自|(主に行き来で)遅れる， ぐずぐずする

fall behind

［自］〔仕事などで〕遅れる〔in， with〕. <― />［自^＋］ ［fall behind O］(人)より遅れる， 後れを取る.

▲have a struggle to keep up with the times 時勢に遅れないでついていくのに苦労する

keep pace with O (進歩など)に遅れないようについて行く.

¶ → …に遅れじと

⑤［劣る］

〔及ばない〕

¶知能が普通より遅れている

be below average in intelligence.

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おくれる【遅れる･後れる】

1 〔定刻･期限･予定などよりあとになる〕 be late; be tardy; fall [be] behind time [schedule]; be delayed; (列車などが) be overdue.

●電車は 20 分遅れていた. The train was (running) twenty minutes late [behind schedule].

・列車は 1 時間遅れて大阪へ着いた. The train reached Osaka an [one] hour late [behind schedule]. | The train was delayed (by) an hour in reaching Osaka.

・私は駅での友達との待ち合わせ時間に 30 分遅れた. I was 30 minutes late meeting my friend at the station.

・経営者側からの回答はもう 2 週間も遅れている. Management's response is now two weeks overdue.

・今年は予想より 3 日遅れて桜が咲いた. This year the cherries [cherry trees] blossomed [came into bloom] three days later than predicted.

・私は遅れそうになったので途中から電話した. It looked as though I was going to be delayed [late], so I phoned ahead.

・私は終電に遅れまいと駅まで走った. I ran to the station so I wouldn't miss the last train.

・私は締め切りに遅れないようにせっせと卒業論文を書いた. I worked furiously on my graduation thesis in order to meet the (submission) deadline.

・早くしないと学校に遅れるよ. If you don't hurry, you'll be late for school.

・〔時計を見て〕 キャー, 遅れちゃうよ. どうしよう. Eek! I'm going to be late! What'll I do now?

・夕食に遅れるなよ. Don't be late for dinner.

・門限に遅れると私たちは寮に入れなくなるのです. We can't get back into [in] the dorm if we break [miss] curfew.

・時間に遅れた人は置いていくよ. If you don't show up on time, we'll leave without you.

・彼は遅れてやってきた. He was a late arrival. | He came [arrived] late.

・あの男は少し遅れはしたが来ることは来た. He was a little late, but he did arrive eventually [end up coming]. | He did come, though a little late.

・彼女は会議に遅れてばかりいる. She's always late for (conference) meetings.

・遅れてすいません. Sorry I'm late.

・これからは遅れないようにしてくれ. Please be on time 《米》 in the future [《英》 in future].

・遅れた理由は? Why are you late?

・出がけに客があって遅れました. I was delayed by a visitor at the last moment.

・出発が 1 日後れれば, 僕たちはそれだけ不利になる. If we delay our departure by a day, we'll be one day worse off.

・手当てが後れたために傷口が化膿してしまった. The wound putrefied because treatment was delayed.

・例年にない長梅雨で新居の完成が 1 か月遅れた. The exceptionally long rainy season delayed completion of our new house by a month.

・私はレポートを期日に遅れて提出しようとしたが, 受け取ってもらえなかった. I tried to turn in my report after the deadline, but the teacher wouldn't accept it.

・わが社は営業不振で, 今月は給料の支給も遅れている. Because of slow sales, the company is behind in paying us our salaries for this month.

・お宅は家賃の払いが遅れていますよ. You are behind in your rent.

・母は老齢のため手術後の回復が後れています. My mother's age has slowed her recovery since the operation.

・式の準備が遅れておりますので, 控室でもう少々お待ちください. We're running behind with preparations for the ceremony, so please wait a while longer in the anteroom.

・遅れていた救援物資がやっと届いた. Overdue relief supplies arrived at last.

・電話線が切られていたので, 被害者による警察への通報が後れた. Telephone lines were down, so the victims were slow in getting through to [contacting] the police.

・このところ郵便が遅れている. The mail has been slow in coming recently.

・宿題を出し遅れた. I turned in my homework late.

2 〔他者や標準より進度が遅い〕 lag [be, hang] behind; fall [drop] behind; fall back; be weak in 《a school subject》; straggle; 〔他者に先行される〕 be outstripped [eclipsed] by…; yield to sb.

●(船が他の並走する船から)後れる drop [fall] astern.

●われわれより後れて出発した部隊がそろそろ着くころだ. The unit that left after ours should be arriving soon.

・この子は今, 遅れてやってきた反抗期なのでしょう. My guess is that this child is going through a later-than-normal rebellious phase right now.

・私は仕事がだいぶ後れている. I'm really behind in [with] my work.

・この国の工場のオートメーション化は先進工業国に比べて 10 年後れている. This country lags 10 years behind (the) industrially developed countries in automating its factories.

・今年は紅葉が 2 週間くらい例年より後れている. This year the leaves are changing color about two weeks later than normal.

・病気のために息子は勉強がすっかり後れてしまった. My son fell way behind in his studies [at school] because of his illness.

・知能の後れた子供たち mentally retarded children

・この寒さでイネの生育が後れているようだ. The cold weather seems to be holding back (the growth of) the rice.

・先に作業を終えた人は後れている人を手伝いなさい. Those (of you) who have finished should help the ones who are still working.

・わが国のダイオキシン対策は, 欧米諸国に比べてはるかに後れている. Our country's dioxin control measures lag far behind those of countries in the West.

・私の考えでは日本のリサイクル運動はドイツに比べて 10 年後れている. In my view, Japan's recycling effort lags 10 years behind Germany's. | In my opinion, Japan lags 10 years behind Germany in recycling.

・機械の導入が後れたのは安い労働力が豊富だったからである. The delay in introducing mechanization was due to the abundance of cheap labor.

・先頭から後れること 50 メートル, なかなかその差は縮まりません. There's a 50-meter gap between him and the front runner(s) that doesn't seem to be getting any smaller [closing].

・先頭集団の中からゼッケン 36 番の鈴木が後れ始めました. Number 36, Suzuki, has started to drop behind the leaders [top group of runners].

・勉強は後れだすとやる気がなくなってきて, ますます後れてしまうものだ. Once you start falling behind in your studies, you lose your motivation and drop even further behind.

・ピアノの伴奏に後れないように注意して歌いなさい. When you sing, try not to fall behind the piano accompaniment.

・彼女は皆に後れまいと必死で歩いた. She walked as fast as she could in order to keep up with [not to fall behind] the others.

・例年 6 月は雨の日が多く, 建設現場の仕事が遅れがちだ. Each year in June, there are a large number of rainy days, and work on construction sites tends to fall behind.

・工事はやや後れぎみだ. Construction is running a little slow [behind schedule].

・あき子はいつも僕の後ろを後れがちに歩く. Akiko always walks a deferential step or two behind me.

3 〔時代･流行･進歩などについていけない〕 get [fall, lag, drop] behind; be behind; be out of touch with….

●文化は差異であり, 進んでいるとか後れているとか論じるべきものではない. Culture lies in difference, and one should not argue over whether a culture is advanced or backward.

・私はそれまで日本はヨーロッパよりずっと後れていると思っていた. Up to that point [time] I (had) thought that Japan was lagging far behind Europe.

・「スウェーデンに後れるな」が, われわれ福祉関係者の合言葉だ. The motto we welfare workers follow is “Keep Up with Sweden.”

・広告に対するわれわれの考え方はひどく後れている. We are shamefully behind the times in our idea(s) of advertising.

・君は後れているよ, そんなことも知らないなんて. You're really behind the times [out of touch (with things), 《口》 out of it] not to know (something like) that.

・こんな古い機種を使っているなんて, 君の会社は後れてるなあ. Your company is really behind the times to be using old equipment like this.

・遺跡の発掘に没頭している間に私はすっかり世の中から後れてしまった. While I was involved in excavating the site, I completely lost touch with the outside world.

・君の洋服はまったく流行に後れている. That outfit (of yours) is completely out of fashion.

・時勢に後れないよう心がけよ. Try and keep up with [abreast of] the times.

・私は流行に後れないように, いろいろな雑誌を読んでいる. I read a variety of different magazines so (that) I can keep up [pace] with fashion trends.

・社会の急速なコンピューター化に後れないようにするのは大変だ. It isn't easy adjusting to the rapid pace of computerization in society.

・日本も世界の潮流に後れないよう禁煙運動を強化しなければならない. Japan must strengthen its antismoking campaign [campaign against smoking] to bring itself into line with (trends in) the rest of the world.

4 〔身近な人に先立たれる〕 be bereaved 《of…》; be preceded by sb in death.

●親が子に後れることのつらさは経験した者でないとわからない. Only those whose children have preceded them in death [died] can know what a painful experience it is.

・帰還兵には, 死に後れたという感情に苦しむ者が多い. Many repatriated soldiers suffer feelings of guilt over having cheated death. [⇒しにおくれる]

・後れ先だつが世の定め. It is inevitable that some should die while others go on living.

5 〔時計が正しい時刻より遅いほうに狂う〕 lose time; run slow.

●この時計は後れている. This clock [watch] is slow.

・この時計は一日に 10 分後れる. This clock [watch] loses ten minutes a day.

・この時計は後れてばかりいる. This clock is always [always runs] slow.

・その時計は何分後れているの? How many minutes behind is that clock?

・この時計は 5 分後れているので, 正確には 7 時 13 分です. This clock is five minutes slow; the time is actually 7:13.

・時報を聞けばその時計が進んでいるか後れているかどうかわかる. You can tell whether your watch is (running) fast or slow by checking it against the time signal.

・〔2 つの時計を比べて〕 こっちは後れてない, そっちが進んでいるんだよ. My watch isn't slow; yours is fast.