卒業生
解説 Definition
学校や大学を卒業した人たち。特に同じ学校の卒業生を指す。
Alumni are people who have graduated from a school, college, or university. The word is often used when talking about former students as a group, especially in education and professional networks. In formal grammar, it is plural, but it is sometimes used more generally in everyday English.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
alumni は「学校を出たあとの人たち」をまとめて呼ぶ語として覚えると残りやすいです。単なる graduates より、母校とのつながりが見える場面でよく出て、alumni association(同窓会)、alumni network、proud alumni の形が頻出。語尾の -i を見たら「1人ではなく複数」を意識すると整理しやすく、1人なら alumnus / alumna。大学の案内や寄付募集で見たら『卒業生向けの話だな』と結びつけると定着します。
Think of `alumni` as the word schools use when talking about former students as a group. The ending `-i` is a good memory signal that it is plural, not one person. It appears often in set phrases like `alumni association`, `alumni network`, and `proud alumni`.
例文
The alumni of the university gathered for their class reunion.
その大学の卒業生は同窓会のために集まった。
Many successful alumni have donated to the school's endowment.
多くの著名な卒業生が学校の基金に寄付している。
The alumni association organizes networking events for graduates.
同窓会は卒業生のための交流イベントを企画している。
alumni の類義語・関連語
類義語
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alumni の語源・成り立ち Etymology
alumni はラテン語 alumnus の複数形で、さらに alere「養う・育てる」にさかのぼります。『育てられた人』が原義で、学校に育ててもらった人という感覚から『卒業生』になりました。関連語は aliment、alimony。
Alumni is the plural of Latin alumnus, which comes from alere, meaning "to nourish" or "raise." The original sense was a person who had been fed or brought up. From that idea, it came to mean people educated by a school or university. Related words include aliment and alimony.
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