cornered
追い詰められた
解説 Definition
cornered は corner（追い詰める）の過去形・過去分詞で、形容詞として「追い詰められた」という意味です。逃げ場がなくなった状況や、心理的に厳しい立場に置かれた状態を表します。
Cornered describes a person or animal forced into a position with no safe route of escape. It can also describe someone who feels trapped by questions, pressure, or circumstances and believes that no acceptable choice remains.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
cornered は corner「隅へ追い込む」に -ed を付けた過去分詞で、語末 /r/ は有声音なので -ed は /d/ と発音します。「隅に入れられ出口がない」という具体像から、a cornered animal や feel cornered の「逃げ道や選択肢がなく追い詰められた」状態を覚えます。
Connect cornered with the noun corner, a place where two sides meet. As a verb, corner means to force someone or something into such a restricted position; cornered is its past-tense and past-participle form, with -ed pronounced /d/. Picture a cornered animal with no open route behind it. That physical image extends naturally to emotional pressure: someone may feel cornered during a difficult interview. Common combinations include a cornered thief, a cornered animal, and feel cornered. Trapped is broader, while cornered often suggests deliberate pressure or pursuit.
例文
The cornered thief had nowhere to run.
追い詰められた泥棒には逃げ場がありませんでした。
She felt cornered during the difficult interview.
彼女は厳しい面接の中で追い詰められた気持ちになりました。
A cornered animal can become very dangerous.
追い詰められた動物はとても危険になることがあります。
cornered の類義語・関連語
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cornered の語源・成り立ち Etymology
corner は古フランス語を経てラテン語 cornu「角」にさかのぼり、もとは「角のように突き出た所」のことです。-ed が付くと「隅に置かれた」となり、逃げ場のない「追い詰められた」に発展します。関連語は unicorn, cornucopia。
Cornered is formed from corner plus -ed. Corner entered English through Old French and ultimately derives from Latin cornu, “horn,” referring to an angular or projecting point. The noun came to mean the place where two lines, walls, or edges meet. The verb corner then developed the sense of driving a person or animal into a corner, and its participle acquired the figurative meaning “left without an escape or acceptable option.”
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