defeated
負けた
解説 Definition
defeated は defeat（打ち負かす、敗北させる）の過去形・過去分詞で、「負けた」「敗れた」という意味です。試合や選挙、競争などで相手に勝てなかったことを表します。
Defeated is the past tense and past participle of defeat. In the examples, it describes a person or team that lost a game, contest, election, or other competition, especially in the passive pattern be defeated by someone.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 defeat に規則変化の -ed が付いた過去形・過去分詞です。語末が /t/ 音なので -ed は /ɪd/ と発音します。試合なら be defeated in the final、相手を示すなら be defeated by an opponent と覚えると、「相手に敗れた」という受け身の場面と結び付きます。
Connect defeated directly with the base verb defeat. It is a regular past-tense and past-participle form, but because defeat ends in the sound /t/, the ending -ed is pronounced /ɪd/. Picture a final game: one team is defeated in the final, or a player is defeated by a stronger opponent. The passive pattern be defeated by names the winner or cause of the loss. This makes the word useful for a completed loss rather than simply describing someone who currently feels unsuccessful.
例文
Our team was defeated in the final game.
私たちのチームは決勝戦で負けました。
He looked sad after he was defeated.
彼は負けたあと、悲しそうに見えました。
The player was defeated by a stronger opponent.
その選手はより強い相手に敗れました。
defeated の類義語・関連語
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defeated の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 dis-（反対）+ facere（する・作る）が古フランス語 desfaire（取り消す・打ち壊す）を経て英語に入った。「為したことを無にする」→「打ち負かす」という意味の流れ。関連語: defect（欠陥）、factory（工場）も同じ facere が語根。
Defeated is formed from defeat plus the regular past-tense and past-participle ending -ed. Defeat entered English through Old French desfaire, meaning “to undo or destroy,” ultimately combining a negative or reversing element with Latin facere, “to do or make.” The idea of undoing what another person has accomplished developed into the sense of overcoming an opponent. The final /t/ sound makes -ed a separate /ɪd/ syllable.
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