bucked
抵抗した
解説 Definition
bucked は buck（抵抗する、反発する）の過去形・過去分詞です。人や組織が命令、傾向、圧力などに逆らったことを表すときに使われます。
Past tense and past participle of buck, meaning resisted, opposed, or acted against a rule, decision, pressure, or prevailing trend. It often suggests forceful or determined refusal to follow what was expected.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 buck「激しく反発する」に規則的な -ed を付けた過去形・過去分詞です。語末が無声音 /k/ なので -ed は /t/ と発音し、全体は /bʌkt/。馬が背を跳ね上げて乗り手を拒む像から、buck the trend「傾向に逆らう」、buck pressure「圧力に抵抗する」を結び付けて覚えます。
Bucked is the regular past tense and past participle of buck. Because buck ends in the voiceless sound /k/, the -ed ending is pronounced /t/, making /bʌkt/. Picture a horse bucking—jerking its back upward to resist its rider. That physical image supports the figurative meaning of strongly resisting pressure or refusing to follow an established direction. Learn the common pattern buck the trend, meaning to act differently from the general tendency, as well as buck pressure or buck authority when someone pushes back against an outside demand.
例文
The committee bucked the trend and chose a smaller plan.
委員会は流れに逆らい、より小さな計画を選びました。
Several members bucked the decision after the long debate.
長い議論の後、数人のメンバーがその決定に抵抗しました。
The company bucked pressure to raise prices immediately.
その会社はすぐに値上げするよう求める圧力に抵抗しました。
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bucked の語源・成り立ち Etymology
bucked は buck の過去形で、buck は古英語 bucca「雄ヤギ」由来の語です。まず「馬が背をはねて乗り手を振り落とす」という動詞になり、そこから比喩で「逆らう・抵抗する」へ広がったので、荒く突っぱねる感じが意味の芯です。buckskin も同根です。
Bucked is formed by adding the regular past-tense ending -ed to buck. Buck began as a noun for a male animal, especially a deer or goat, and is related to Old English bucca, “male goat.” Its verbal sense developed through the violent leaping or kicking movement of an animal, particularly a horse trying to throw a rider. From that physical resistance came the figurative meaning “oppose or resist,” used in bucked the trend or bucked pressure.
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