対応者
解説 Definition
counterparts は counterpart（対応する人、同等の役割を持つ相手）の複数形です。別の組織や国、部署などで同じような立場や役割を持つ人たちを指すときによく使います。
The plural form of counterpart, meaning people or things in another organization, country, group, or system that have roles, positions, or functions corresponding to those of the people or things being compared.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
単数形 counterpart に複数語尾 -s を付けた形で、語末は /s/ と発音します。counter-「対応して向かい合う」＋part「役割の部分」と捉え、their counterparts in Japan のように、別の国・組織で同じ役職や機能を担う複数の人を思い浮かべます。単なる colleagues ではなく、対応する立場の一致が焦点です。
Counterparts is the regular plural of counterpart, made by adding -s; the ending is pronounced /s/. Break the word into counter-, suggesting something corresponding or facing another, and parts, suggesting matched roles. Picture managers meeting managers from another country or engineers speaking with engineers in a partner organization. A counterpart is not simply any colleague: the important point is a corresponding position or function in a different group or system. Learn the frequent pattern “their counterparts in Japan” to remember both the meaning and the usual possessive context.
例文
The managers met their counterparts from Japan.
管理職たちは日本側の対応者たちと会いました。
Our engineers talked with their counterparts in Canada.
私たちの技術者はカナダの対応者たちと話しました。
The two teams shared ideas with their counterparts.
その2つのチームは、それぞれの対応者たちと意見を共有しました。
counterparts の類義語・関連語
counterparts の語源・成り立ち Etymology
counterpartsはcounter-+part。counter-は古仏語contre、さらにラテン語contra「向かい合って」、partはラテン語pars「部分」由来。もとは契約書の「対応する控え」で、そこから「対応物・相手方」の意味になった。関連語はcontrary, partition。
Counterparts is the plural of counterpart, a compound of counter- and part. Counter- entered English through French from Latin contra, “opposite or against,” while part ultimately comes from Latin pars, “portion or division.” Counterpart was once used for one of two corresponding copies of a legal document. Its meaning expanded to a person or thing occupying a matching position or performing a comparable function elsewhere.
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