意味一覧 (2件)
不和
解説 Definition
音や意見が調和していない不協和な状態。不一致や矛盾から生じる不調和な関係。
Discord is disagreement, conflict, or a lack of harmony between people or within a group. It is often used in formal writing to describe bad relations, arguments, or social tension.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
このエントリの discord は、単なる「不一致」ではなく、人や集団の関係がぎくしゃくした「不和」を表す意味です。accord「調和・合意」に dis- が付いて、調和が崩れた状態と考えると覚えやすいです。between groups, within a family, political discord のように、人間関係や社会の緊張を表す語と一緒に出やすく、conflict ほど直接の衝突でなくても、関係にひびが入った感じを含みます。
Start with `accord`, which means agreement or harmony. Add `dis-`, a common prefix for separation or negation, and `discord` becomes the breaking of harmony. It is easy to connect with `disagree`, and you often see it in phrases like `political discord` or `social discord`.
例文
There was discord between the two groups.
2つのグループ間に不和があった。
The discord in their relationship was obvious.
彼らの関係における不和は明らかだった。
Musical discord can create an unsettling feeling.
音楽の不協和音は違和感を与えることができる。
不一致
(意味 2)解説 Definition
discord は、意見・説明・数値などが互いに合わない「不一致」を表す名詞です。人間関係の感情的な対立よりも、報告内容や証言、方針の間にずれがある場面で使われます。
Discord means a lack of agreement between things such as ideas, statements, reports, or numbers. It is often used when two pieces of information do not match or when different sides are not in harmony. In this sense, the word is less about personal emotion and more about inconsistency or conflict in content. You often see it in phrases like "discord between A and B."
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
discord は accord「一致・合意」に dis-「離れて・反対に」が付いた語と考えると整理しやすいです。ここでは人同士の仲の悪さではなく、内容や数値がそろわない「不一致」に注目します。disagreement は意見の食い違いに広く使え、discrepancy は数字や記録のずれに硬めに使われます。discord between A and B の形で、二つのものがかみ合っていない場面を結びつけて覚えるとよいです。
It may help to connect discord with accord, which means "agreement" or "harmony." Adding dis- gives the idea of being apart or not matching. For this word, focus on information, statements, or numbers that do not line up, not mainly on bad personal relationships. You can also remember the pattern "discord between A and B" for two things that do not fit together.
例文
There was clear discord between the two reports.
その2つの報告書の間には明らかな不一致があった。
The lawyer pointed out a small discord between the witness's statement and the video evidence.
弁護士は証言と映像証拠の間の小さな不一致を指摘した。
Researchers found discord between the earlier data and the new results.
研究者たちは以前のデータと新しい結果の間に不一致を見つけた。
discord の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語discordia「不一致」が語源で、dis-「離れて」+ cor/cord「心」から成ります。もともと「心がばらばら」という像なので「不和」となり、accordやconcordは「心が合う」側の同語根です。
Discord comes from Latin discordia, built from dis- meaning "apart" and cor or cord meaning "heart." The basic idea was that hearts were not in agreement, which developed into the sense of conflict or lack of harmony. It is related to accord and concord, where the "heart" idea points to agreement instead.
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