意味一覧 (2件)
食欲
解説 Definition
この語は何かを求める気持ちや意欲を表す言葉です。食べ物への空腹感だけでなく、成長や成功といった目標に向かう熱い欲求にも用いられます。本人の内側から自然にわき上がる望みや関心の強さを指します。
Appetite is the natural desire to eat food. It is often used when talking about health, meals, or how hungry someone feels. It can also mean a strong desire for something, but the most common meaning is about food.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
appetite は「食欲」として、食べたい気持ちの有無や強さを表す名詞です。have an appetite, lose your appetite, loss of appetite のように、食事前後や体調を話す文脈でよく出ます。hungry は「今お腹がすいた」形容詞、hunger は空腹や飢えを強く言う名詞ですが、appetite は食べ物に向かう欲しさを少し客観的に述べる語として覚えましょう。
Learn `have an appetite` as one chunk. `Appetite` means the feeling that you want to eat, or how strong that feeling is. It is useful in health contexts, such as `lose your appetite` and `loss of appetite`.
例文
After the exercise, he had a huge appetite and ate a large dinner.
運動後、彼はとてもお腹がすいていて、大きな夕食を食べました。
The company's appetite for growth led them to expand into new markets.
その会社の成長への旺盛な意欲が、新しい市場への進出につながりました。
She has a strong appetite for learning and reads books every day.
彼女は学習への強い意欲があり、毎日本を読んでいます。
欲求
(意味 2)解説 Definition
食べ物への「食欲」ではなく、何かを強く求める気持ちを表す名詞。appetite for risk, power, change のように、抽象的な対象への欲求や欲望を述べるときによく使う。やや比喩的だが、ニュースやビジネス文脈でも頻出する。
Appetite is a noun that can mean not only a desire for food but also a strong wish for something more general. It is often used for abstract things such as risk, power, change, or success, especially in news and business contexts. Compared with words like craving, appetite sounds broader and more natural, and it suggests a desire that grows in a regular way.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
まず「食欲」なら have an appetite をひとかたまりで覚える。そこから比喩的に an appetite for success / risk / adventure の形で「成功・危険・冒険を求める気持ち」に広がると整理しやすい。hungry が今すぐおなかがすいた状態、craving が強烈で具体的な欲しさなのに対し、appetite はもっと広く自然にわく欲求。loss of appetite, whet your appetite も頻出で、食事と意欲の両方を結ぶ語だと押さえると残る。
First learn the basic chunk have an appetite, which often means "have a desire to eat." Then extend it to phrases like an appetite for success, risk, or adventure, where it means a natural desire for something. Hungry is about feeling empty now, and craving is a more intense and specific want, but appetite is broader and more neutral. Useful expressions like loss of appetite and whet your appetite connect the ideas of eating and motivation.
例文
She has a healthy appetite for new challenges at work.
彼女は仕事で新しい挑戦を求める健全な欲求を持っている。
The company’s appetite for risk has grown since the market recovered.
市場の回復後、その会社のリスクへの欲求は強まった。
The documentary whetted his appetite for adventure and travel.
そのドキュメンタリーは彼の冒険や旅への欲求をかき立てた。
appetite の語源・成り立ち Etymology
appetiteはラテン語appetitus／appetere「〜を求める」に由来し、ad-「〜へ」+ petere「求める」から成ります。petereはcompeteやpetitionにも通じ、appetiteが単なる食欲でなく『対象へ身を乗り出して求める力』だとわかると意味が深まります。
Appetite comes from Latin appetitus, from appetere, meaning "to reach for" or "seek after." This verb is built from ad- "toward" and petere "to seek." The word first carried the broader idea of strong desire, and then became especially common for desire for food. Related English words from the same root include petition and compete.
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