abdicated
退位した
解説 Definition
abdicated は abdicate（退位する、権利や責任を放棄する）の過去形・過去分詞です。形容詞としては「退位した」という意味で、王や女王などが地位を離れた状態を表します。
Abdicated is the past tense and past participle of abdicate. As an adjective, it describes a monarch who has formally given up the throne, usually by personal decision rather than by being forcibly removed.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
abdicated は abdicate「王位・権利・責任を正式に放棄する」の過去形・過去分詞です。語末 e を落として -ed を付け、発音は /ˈæbdɪkeɪtɪd/ と最後が /ɪd/ になります。the abdicated king のような形容詞用法では「自ら退位した」を表し、強制的に王位を奪われた dethroned と区別します。
Start with abdicate, meaning to give up a throne, authority, right, or responsibility formally. To form abdicated, drop the final silent e and add -ed. Because abdicate ends in the /t/ sound, the ending is pronounced /ɪd/, giving /ˈæbdɪkeɪtɪd/. In the adjective phrase an abdicated king, the word describes a ruler after voluntarily relinquishing the throne. Contrast it with dethroned, which usually suggests that other people removed the ruler by force or political action. The formal act produces an abdication, another useful member of the same word family.
例文
The abdicated king lived quietly in a small town.
退位した王は小さな町で静かに暮らしました。
Portraits of the abdicated queen remained in the palace.
退位した女王の肖像画は宮殿に残されていました。
The museum displayed letters written by the abdicated monarch.
その博物館は、退位した君主が書いた手紙を展示しました。
abdicated の類義語・関連語
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abdicated の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語abdicare（放棄する）の過去分詞abdicatusから。ab-（離れて）＋dicare（宣言する）で「権利を宣言して手放す」が原義。王位や責任を公式に放棄する意。関連語：dedicate（献身する）、indicate（指し示す）。
Abdicated comes from abdicate, which entered English through Latin abdicare and its participial form abdicatus. The Latin verb combines ab-, conveying separation or removal, with dicare, “to proclaim, dedicate, or declare.” It referred to formally disowning or renouncing a position, claim, or authority. English later made the abandonment of a throne its most prominent sense, while also retaining the broader idea of giving up responsibility.
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