disconnected
切断された
解説 Definition
「disconnected」は、物理的または精神的な繋がりが切れた、切断された状態を表します。電話やインターネットの接続が切れた状態から、人との関係が疎遠になった状態まで幅広く使われます。また、話や考えがまとまりなく、つながりのない様子も表します。
No longer physically, electronically, socially, or logically connected. It may describe an interrupted call or network, a person who feels isolated from others, or ideas and statements that do not form a coherent sequence.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
disconnect「接続を切る」に-edを付けた過去分詞形・形容詞で、語尾は /ɪd/ ではなく /ɪd/ と発音される。dis-「離して」+connected「つながった」と分け、「a disconnected call」「feel disconnected from society」「disconnected ideas」の3場面で、物理・心理・論理のつながりがない状態を覚える。
Build disconnected from connect: the prefix dis- reverses or removes the connection, and -ed marks the resulting state. Because disconnect ends in /t/, the -ed ending is pronounced /ɪd/. Use three images to remember its range: a disconnected phone call, a person feeling disconnected from society, and a report made of disconnected ideas. In each case, a link that should carry sound, belonging, or logic is absent. Do not confuse it with unconnected, which often means that no relationship existed in the first place rather than that a connection was broken.
例文
The call was suddenly disconnected before she could finish her sentence.
彼女が文章を言い終える前に、通話が突然切断された。
He felt disconnected from society after living alone for so many years.
長年一人で生活した後、彼は社会から切り離されたような感覚を覚えた。
The report seemed disconnected, with ideas that didn't flow logically from one to the next.
そのレポートは、アイデアが論理的に繋がっておらず、まとまりがないように見えた。
disconnected の類義語・関連語
disconnected の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語dis-(分離)+connectere(結びつける:con-共に+nectere結ぶ)の過去分詞形。「結びつきが断たれた」が原義。同じ語根nect-を持つ関連語にannex(併合する)、nexus(結びつき)がある。
Disconnected is the past participle and adjectival form of disconnect, combining dis-, “apart” or “away,” with connect. Connect comes from Latin connectere, formed from con-, “together,” and nectere, “to bind or tie.” The literal structure therefore suggests something no longer bound together. From physical separation, the adjective extended naturally to interrupted communications, social or emotional isolation, and ideas lacking a logical link.
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