accustomed
慣れた
解説 Definition
accustomed は accustom（慣れさせる）の過去分詞に由来する形容詞で、慣れたという意味です。be accustomed to の形で「〜に慣れている」と表すことが多く、to の後には名詞や動名詞が来ます。
Accustomed describes someone who is familiar and comfortable with a situation because of repeated experience. It commonly appears in be accustomed to, followed by a noun or gerund.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
accustom「慣れさせる」の過去分詞が形容詞化した語で、語尾 -ed は /d/ と発音します。be accustomed to 名詞・動名詞で「〜に慣れている」と覚え、to を不定詞の印と誤解しないのが要点です。custom「習慣」と結び付け、反復が自分の習慣になった状態を思い浮かべます。used to より改まった表現です。
Accustomed is the past participle of accustom used as an adjective, and its -ed ending is pronounced /d/. Connect it with custom: repeated experience becomes customary, so a person becomes comfortable with it. Learn the fixed pattern be accustomed to a noun or gerund, as in accustomed to early mornings or accustomed to walking. Here, to is a preposition, so a following verb takes -ing rather than the infinitive. The phrase is more formal than be used to, but both can describe familiarity created through experience. Accustom itself usually means to make someone familiar with something.
例文
She is accustomed to early mornings.
彼女は早起きに慣れています。
I am not accustomed to this cold weather.
私はこの寒い天気に慣れていません。
The children became accustomed to walking to school.
子どもたちは歩いて学校へ行くことに慣れました。
accustomed の類義語・関連語
accustomed の語源・成り立ち Etymology
語源は古フランス語 accoustumer「慣れさせる」で、中心の custom はラテン語 consuetudo「慣習」にさかのぼります。繰り返された習わしが身につくイメージから「慣れた」となり、related に custom, customary があります。
Accustomed comes from the past participle of accustom, which entered English through Old French acostumer or accoustumer, “to make habitual.” Its central element is custom, ultimately related to Latin consuetudo, “habit or customary practice.” The adjective therefore developed from the idea that repeated practice has made something familiar. Customary belongs to the same word family and describes what follows an established custom or habit.
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