comprised
含まれる
解説 Definition
comprised は comprise（含む、構成する）の過去形・過去分詞です。特に be comprised of の形で「〜から成る、〜で構成される」という意味で使われます。
Comprised is the past-tense and past-participle form of comprise, meaning included or consisted of particular parts. It commonly appears in be comprised of to describe the people or things forming a whole.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
comprised は comprise「含む・構成する」に規則変化の -d を付けた過去形・過去分詞です。原形 /kəmˈpraɪz/ の有声音 /z/ の後なので -d は /d/ となり、/kəmˈpraɪzd/ と発音します。特に be comprised of「〜から成る」と、能動形 comprise「全体が部分を含む」を対にして覚えましょう。
Begin with comprise, /kəmˈpraɪz/, meaning that a whole includes particular parts. Add -d to form the regular past tense and past participle comprised. Because the base ends in the voiced sound /z/, the ending is pronounced /d/, giving /kəmˈpraɪzd/. Remember two useful patterns: the box comprised several tools, where the whole is the subject, and the team was comprised of five students, a widespread passive construction meaning “was made up of.” Keeping the whole and its parts in one picture helps you remember the central idea of inclusion or composition.
例文
The team was comprised of five students.
そのチームは5人の学生で構成されていました。
The box comprised several small tools.
その箱にはいくつかの小さな道具が含まれていました。
The report was comprised of three short sections.
その報告書は3つの短い章で構成されていました。
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comprised の語源・成り立ち Etymology
comprised は古フランス語 compris を経て、ラテン語 comprehendere に由来します。com-「共に」+ prehendere「つかむ」で、「まとめて中に収める」感覚から「含む・成り立つ」へ。関連語は comprehend, apprehend。
Comprised is the regular past-tense and past-participle form of comprise. Comprise entered English through French compris, a form of comprendre, and ultimately goes back to Latin comprehendere. That Latin verb combines com-, “together,” with prehendere, “to grasp or seize.” The image of grasping things together developed into the sense of including them within a whole. Modern comprised preserves this idea when describing what a container, group, or document included or consisted of.
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