destructive
破壊的な
解説 Definition
破壊したり、傷つけたり、損害を与えたりする性質や傾向。悪影響をもたらす、または有害な性質。
Destructive means causing damage or harm. It can describe physical force, such as a storm, or behavior and attitudes that hurt people, relationships, or systems. It often suggests serious negative effects.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
destroy を知っていれば核はその形容詞版だとつかめる。-ive は「〜する性質の」を作る語尾なので、destructive = 「destroy してしまうような」。爆発や兵器のような物理的破壊だけでなく、destructive criticism, destructive behavior のように、批判・習慣・関係が人を傷つけたり全体を悪くしたりする文脈でも頻出。反対語の constructive とセットで、「建設的か、破壊的か」という対比で覚えるとニュアンスが安定する。damaging より強く、壊して取り返しがつきにくい感じが出やすい。
If you know "destroy," "destructive" is the adjective form. The ending "-ive" often means "having the nature of," so it means something that tends to destroy. Learn it with its opposite, "constructive," because that contrast is very common.
例文
Nuclear weapons are destructive beyond measure.
核兵器は計り知れないほど破壊的です。
His destructive behavior affected the team.
彼の破壊的な行動はチームに影響を与えました。
Destructive criticism can harm creativity.
破壊的な批判は創造性に害を及ぼします。
destructive の類義語・関連語
destructive の語源・成り立ち Etymology
destructive は古フランス語 destructif を経て、後期ラテン語 destructivus に由来します。核は de-「取り去る」+ struere「積む・築く」+ -ive「性質をもつ」で、structure や construct と同根なので「築く」の反対にある語だと腑に落ちます。
"Destructive" came through Old French from Late Latin "destructivus." It is based on "de-" meaning "down" or "away," and "struere," meaning "to build" or "pile up." Because it comes from the same root as "structure" and "construct," it originally carried the sense of undoing what has been built.
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