captivated
魅了された
解説 Definition
captivated は、captivate（魅了する）の過去形・過去分詞です。人が美しさ、話、演技などに強く引きつけられた状態を表します。
Captivated means strongly attracted and completely absorbed by someone or something interesting, beautiful, or impressive. It is the past tense and past participle of captivate and often appears in the pattern be captivated by.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 captivate「魅了する」の語末 e を落として -ed を付けた過去形・過去分詞で、captivate /ˈkæptɪveɪt/ に対し captivated /ˈkæptɪveɪtɪd/ と -ed は /ɪd/ です。be captivated by a voice の形を覚え、capture「捕らえる」のように心をつかまれて離れられない状態を思い描きます。
Begin with captivate, “hold someone’s attention completely.” To form captivated, drop the final e and add -ed. Captivate is /ˈkæptɪveɪt/, while captivated is /ˈkæptɪveɪtɪd/, with an extra /ɪd/ syllable because the base ends in /t/. Connect it with captive and capture: a captivating voice or story figuratively “captures” the mind. The common pattern is be captivated by something, as in an audience captivated by a singer or children captivated by a storyteller.
例文
The audience was captivated by her voice.
観客は彼女の声に魅了されました。
He felt captivated by the painting's colors.
彼はその絵の色彩に心を奪われました。
The children were captivated as the storyteller began the old tale.
語り手が昔話を始めると、子どもたちは夢中になりました。
captivated の類義語・関連語
類義語
captivated の語源・成り立ち Etymology
captivated は captivate の過去分詞で、後期ラテン語 captivare「捕らえる」に由来し、語根 capere は「つかむ・取る」です。もともと“捕虜にする”感覚が、心をつかんで離さないへ広がり「魅了された」になりました。関連語に capture, captive。
Captivated is the past tense and past participle of captivate. Captivate entered English from Late Latin captivare, “to take captive,” related to Latin captivus, “captive,” and ultimately to capere, “to take or seize.” The literal idea of physically capturing someone developed into the figurative sense of seizing and holding a person’s attention or admiration. The form is made by dropping the final e of captivate and adding -ed.
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