解雇
解説 Definition
dismissals は dismissal（解雇、退けること）の複数形です。職場での複数の解雇や、申し立てなどが複数回退けられることを表しますが、ここでは主に解雇の意味で使います。
The plural form of dismissal, referring here to two or more instances in which employees are officially removed from their jobs. It is often used when a company announces, explains, or faces criticism over multiple terminations of employment.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
単数形 dismissal「解雇」に複数語尾 -s を付けた形で、発音では末尾が /z/ になります。dismiss「立ち去らせる」＋名詞語尾 -al という構造を押さえ、several dismissals、sudden dismissals のように、一社で起きた複数の解雇と結び付けて覚えます。
Start with the singular noun dismissal, meaning an act of removing someone from a job, and add the regular plural ending -s: dismissal becomes dismissals, with the final ending pronounced /z/. Connect it with workplace phrases such as “sudden dismissals,” “several dismissals,” or “an explanation of the dismissals.” The related verb dismiss can mean to send someone away, and in employment contexts it means to remove that person from a position. The plural form signals that more than one worker or more than one case is involved.
例文
The sudden dismissals shocked many employees.
突然の解雇に多くの従業員が衝撃を受けました。
The company announced several dismissals after the review.
その会社は見直しの後、数件の解雇を発表しました。
The union asked for a clear explanation of the dismissals.
労働組合はその解雇について明確な説明を求めました。
dismissals の類義語・関連語
dismissals の語源・成り立ち Etymology
dismissals は dismissal の複数形で、語源はラテン語 dimittere「別々に送る」です。dis-「離して」+ mittere「送る」からできており、もとは「立ち去らせること」から職を離れさせる「解雇」の意味へ広がりました。関連語は dismiss, mission。
Dismissals is the regular plural of dismissal, a noun formed from dismiss and the suffix -al. Dismiss ultimately comes through French from Latin dimittere, “to send away,” combining dis-, “apart,” with mittere, “to send.” The earlier idea of allowing or ordering someone to leave developed into the employment sense of removing someone from a job. The final -s marks more than one such act.
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