意味一覧 (2件)
完璧な、この上ない
解説 Definition
形容詞のconsummateは、技量・態度・演技などが隅々まで磨かれ、弱点が見えないほど完成している様子を表します。a consummate professionalのように、人の熟達ぶりを改まって高く評価する語です。
As an adjective, consummate describes someone or something that is extremely skilled, polished, and complete in every detail. It is often used in formal praise, especially for a person's professional ability, performance, or manner. When you call someone a consummate professional, you mean they show such a high level of skill and control that it is hard to find any weakness.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
consummate は con「完全に」＋summa「最高点」から来た形容詞で、「欠けた所がなく最高度に完成した」という核を持ちます。a consummate professional や consummate skill のように、人の熟達ぶりや技の完成度を強くほめる語です。complete より評価が高く、perfect より職人芸の響きがあります。
Think of consummate as meaning fully completed and polished. You can connect it with the idea of reaching the highest point, where every part has been finished properly. This is why it often describes a person whose skill or manner seems complete, refined, and without visible weakness.
例文
She handled the interview with the calm confidence of a consummate professional.
彼女は完全なプロらしい落ち着いた自信でその面接に対応した。
His speech was a consummate display of timing, clarity, and self-control.
彼のスピーチは、間の取り方も明快さも自制心も完全だった。
The actor gave a consummate performance that held the audience from start to finish.
その俳優は最初から最後まで観客を引きつける完全な演技を見せた。
完成させる
(意味 2)解説 Definition
動詞のconsummateは、交渉・計画・関係などを最終段階まで進め、正式に成立または完了させることを指します。結婚では夫婦関係を実際に結んで婚姻を完成させる、という限定的な用法も重要です。
To consummate means to complete something successfully or make it fully finished. It is a formal word often used for agreements, plans, or relationships. In some contexts, it can also have a special meaning related to marriage, so the word is more formal and specific than simply "finish."
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
動詞は「最後の決定的な行為で、未完成だったものを成立済みにする」と覚えるとよいです。契約なら署名や合意でdealを固める、計画なら実行に移して完了させる、結婚なら法的・社会的関係を実際の夫婦関係として完成させる場面です。completeより儀礼的・法的な重みがあり、日常の「終える」には大げさです。
Remember `consummate` as a very formal kind of `complete` or `finalize`. It often appears when something is brought to full, official completion, especially a marriage or a deal. Watch out for `consume`, which looks similar but is a different word.
例文
They decided to consummate their marriage with a celebration.
彼らは祝宴で結婚を正式に完結させることにしました。
The deal was consummated after months of negotiation.
その取引は数か月の交渉の末に成立しました。
He consummated his dreams through hard work.
彼は努力を重ねて夢を成就させました。
consummate の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語consummare「完成させる」に由来し、con-「完全に」+ summa「総計・頂点」に分けられる。全体を満たし尽くす発想から「完全な、熟達した」へ広がった。
Consummate comes from the Latin verb consummare, meaning "to complete" or "to bring to perfection." It is related to con-, meaning "completely," and summa, meaning "sum" or "highest point," so the idea developed into "fully completed" and then "perfectly skilled."
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