乱れた
解説 Definition
disordered は disorder（乱す、混乱させる）の過去形・過去分詞です。物事の配置や状態が整っていない、秩序を失っている様子を表す形容詞的な使い方もよくあります。
Disordered is the past tense and past participle of disorder and is also commonly used adjectivally. It describes something that has been disturbed or arranged without proper order, organization, or regularity.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
disordered は disorder に -ed を付けた過去形・過去分詞で、語末の -ed は d 音です。dis-「秩序から外す」＋ order「順序」と捉え、storm disordered the papers は「乱した」、disordered records は「整理されていない」と区別します。単なる mixed より、あるべき順序や配置を失った含みがあります。
See disordered as dis- plus order plus -ed: something has been moved away from its expected order. It is the past form and past participle of disorder, with the ending pronounced /d/. In “The storm disordered the papers,” it is a past-tense verb describing what caused the disturbance. In “disordered records,” it functions like an adjective and describes records lacking organization. The word suggests that a normal sequence, arrangement, or system has been disrupted, making it more specific than a general word such as mixed.
例文
The storm disordered the papers on the desk.
嵐で机の上の書類が乱れました。
His notes were disordered after the long trip.
長旅の後、彼のメモは乱れていました。
The team found a disordered set of records in the old office.
チームは古い事務所で、整理されていない記録の一式を見つけました。
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disordered の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語の否定・分離を表す接頭辞dis-と、「順序」を意味するordoに-edが組み合わさりました。「本来の順番が外れた」状態を示す構成が、そのまま「乱れた」という意味の由来です。同語根の単語に「order」や「ordinal」があります。
Disordered is formed from disorder and the suffix -ed. Disorder combines dis-, expressing reversal, separation, or absence, with order. Order came through French from Latin ordo, meaning a row, arrangement, or regular sequence. The word’s structure thus presents a state or action in which an expected arrangement has been undone. The same Latin source appears in words such as ordinal, which concerns position within an ordered series.
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