悲惨なことに
解説 Definition
壊滅的に、悲惨な結果を伴って。大きな被害や失敗をもたらすさま。
Disastrously means in a way that causes very bad results or complete failure. It is used when a plan, event, or action ends in a serious and damaging way.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
まず disaster「災害・大惨事」を核に置き、disastrous → disastrously と語族でまとめて覚えると定着しやすいです。badly よりはるかに重く、「うまくいかなかった」ではなく「大きな被害や取り返しのつかない失敗を伴って」の感触。go disastrously wrong, end disastrously, fail disastrously のように、計画・判断・試みが悲惨な結末になる場面でよく使われます。unfortunately は単に不運、disastrously は結果の壊滅度に注目する語です。
Group it with its word family: `disaster`, `disastrous`, `disastrously`. This helps you feel that the word is not just about something going badly, but going badly with serious damage or ruin. It is common in phrases like `go disastrously wrong` or `end disastrously`.
例文
The project ended disastrously when the main server crashed without a backup.
メインサーバーがバックアップなしでクラッシュし、プロジェクトは悲惨な結末を迎えた。
The negotiations went disastrously wrong, resulting in a complete breakdown of talks.
交渉は壊滅的に失敗し、協議は完全に決裂した。
The team performed disastrously in the final match, losing by a record margin.
チームは決勝でひどい出来に終わり、記録的な大差で敗れた。
disastrously の類義語・関連語
派生語
disastrously の語源・成り立ち Etymology
disastrously は disaster + -ous + -ly で、disaster はイタリア語 disastro を経て、astro『星』を含む語にさかのぼります。astral や asteroid も同根で、もとは『凶星の下にある』という発想から、『悲惨に』の意味になりました。
Disastrously comes from disastrous, based on disaster. Disaster came through Italian disastro, which contains astro, meaning "star." It originally reflected the belief that a bad event happened under an unlucky star, and later lost the astrology sense and came to mean something ruinous or very harmful. Related words include astral and asteroid.
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