championship
championship はTOEIC 600レベルの英単語で、「選手権、優勝,王座」という意味があります。発音記号は /ˈtʃæmpiənʃɪp/ です。
意味一覧 (2件)
選手権
解説 Definition
複数の選手やチームが競い合う大規模な競技大会。最も優れた者や団体を決定するために行われる公式な競争のこと。
A championship is an important sports competition to decide who is the best player or team. It can also mean the title or position of being the winner. The word is most often used in sports, but sometimes in other contests too.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
この意味では championship は「王者の地位」ではなく、その王者を決めるための公式な大会を指します。champion「優勝者」を決める場に -ship が付いた語と考えると、「選手権大会」というまとまりで覚えやすくなります。tennis championship, national championship, world championship のように競技名・地域名と結びつき、単なる game や match より規模や格式のある大会を表します。
Notice the word champion inside it. A championship is the event or title connected with becoming the champion. Remember phrases like "win the championship" and compare it with a simple "game" or "match," which sounds much smaller.
例文
She won the tennis championship last year.
彼女は昨年のテニス選手権大会で優勝した。
The football championship will be held next month.
フットボール選手権は来月開催される予定です。
He trained hard to prepare for the championship.
彼は選手権大会に向けて一生懸命練習した。
優勝,王座
(意味 2)解説 Definition
championship は、競技大会そのものではなく、その大会で勝って得る「優勝」や王者としての「王座」を表すことがある。win a championship や defend the championship のように、獲得した地位や称号に焦点がある文脈でよく使う。
A championship can mean the title or position you win by being the best in a sport or competition. It is often about the status of being champion, not only the event itself. It is used in phrases such as winning a championship or defending a championship, where the focus is on the prize, title, or top position.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
まず champion「優勝者・王者」が見えると覚えやすい語です。そこに -ship が付くと friendship, leadership のように「状態・地位・制度」っぽくなり、championship は「王者を決める場・王者の座を争う大会」とつかめます。単なる試合なら game / match、複数試合を含む大会なら tournament、特に頂点を決める公式で重い大会が championship。win the championship, national championship の形で一緒に覚えると定着します。
First notice the word champion inside championship. The ending -ship often means a state or position, as in friendship or leadership, so championship can suggest the position of being champion. A game or match is one contest, and a tournament is a series of contests, but a championship is often the important title or top competition that decides the champion. Remember common phrases like win the championship and national championship.
例文
The team won the championship after a long and difficult season.
そのチームは長く厳しいシーズンの末に優勝した。
She trained every day because she wanted to defend her championship.
彼女は王座を守りたくて毎日練習した。
Their goal is to bring the national championship back to their city.
彼らの目標は全国優勝の座を町に取り戻すことだ。
championship の語源・成り立ち Etymology
championship は champion「優勝者・擁護者」＋ -ship「地位・状態」から成る語です。champion は古フランス語、さらに後期ラテン語 campio「野の戦士」に由来し、campus「野原・競技の場」とつながります。つまり「王者の地位」が「選手権」へ発展しました。関連語は champion, campus。
Championship is built from champion and the suffix -ship, which shows a state or position. Champion came through Old French from Late Latin campio, meaning a fighter in the field, from campus "field." The idea moved from a person who fights or defends in a contest to the state, title, or event connected with being the winner; related words include champion and campus.
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