deserted
人けのない
解説 Definition
deserted は desert（見捨てる、去る）の過去形・過去分詞です。形容詞としては、人がいなくなって「人けのない」「見捨てられた」場所を表します。
Empty of people because those who normally use or occupy a place have left, or abandoned and no longer cared for. The adjective is commonly applied to streets, houses, stations, and other locations.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 desert「見捨てる」に -ed を付けた過去分詞で、動詞 desert の強勢は後半、-ed は /ɪd/ と発音する。形容詞では「人が去って人けのない」。a deserted street、house、station のように場所と結び付け、自然地形の desert「砂漠」とは発音と文脈で区別する。
Deserted is the past participle of the verb desert, “to abandon.” The -ed ending is pronounced /ɪd/ because the verb ends in /t/, and the verb has stress on its second syllable. As an adjective, it commonly describes a place whose people have left: a deserted street, house, or station. Picture a station after the last train, silent and empty. Distinguish it from the noun desert, “a dry region,” which is normally stressed on the first syllable. Deserted emphasizes absence caused by departure or abandonment, not simply a naturally uninhabited landscape.
例文
The street was deserted at night.
夜、その通りには人けがありませんでした。
We found a deserted house near the road.
私たちは道路の近くで人けのない家を見つけました。
The station looked deserted after the last train left.
終電が出た後、その駅は人けがないように見えました。
deserted の類義語・関連語
deserted の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 desertare（見捨てる）から古フランス語 deserter を経て英語に入った。de-（完全に）+ serere（つなぐ）の反意で「つながりを断つ」が原義。関連語: desert（砂漠／捨てる）、deserve（値する、同根の serere から）。人が去って誰もいなくなった状態を表す。
Deserted is formed from the verb desert and the suffix -ed. Desert came through French from Latin desertus, the past participle of deserere, “to abandon or forsake.” The Latin verb combines de-, conveying removal or separation, with serere, “to join or bind.” The underlying image is therefore one of breaking a connection and leaving something behind. As an adjective, deserted developed the familiar sense of a place left empty by its inhabitants or users.
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