disruptors
意味一覧 (2件)
混乱を起こす人たち
解説 Definition
disruptors は、会議、授業、計画、社会の秩序などを乱し、通常の流れを止めたり混乱させたりする人たちを指します。意図的な妨害だけでなく、騒ぎや行動の結果として周囲を落ち着かなくさせる場合にも使います。
Disruptors are people who disturb a situation and make it hard for things to continue in the normal way. The word can be used for people who interrupt meetings, classes, or plans, and also for people whose behavior makes others feel unsettled. It often suggests a stronger effect than simply interrupting, because the usual order or flow is broken.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
disruptors は disrupt「中断させる、乱す」に -or「〜する人」が付いた語の複数形です。まず interrupt「途中で止める」より強く、予定された流れや秩序を乱す感じで覚えるとよいです。classroom disruptors, meeting disruptors, online disruptors のように、人の集まりや進行中の場面でよく使います。ビジネスでの「破壊的革新者たち」は別の専門的な意味なので、ここでは単に場を乱す人たちを思い浮かべます。
Think of disruptors as people who disrupt a situation: they do more than just interrupt for a moment. The word is built from disrupt plus -or, meaning "a person who does something," and here it is plural. You will often see it in phrases like classroom disruptors, meeting disruptors, and online disruptors.
例文
The teacher asked the disruptors to leave the classroom so the lesson could continue.
先生は授業を続けるため、混乱を起こす人たちに教室を出るよう求めた。
Online disruptors can quickly turn a calm discussion into an argument.
ネット上で混乱を起こす人たちは、落ち着いた議論をすぐ口論に変えてしまうことがある。
The event organizers were prepared to deal with disruptors before the speech began.
主催者たちは、スピーチが始まる前から混乱を起こす人たちへの対応を準備していた。
破壊的革新者たち
(意味 2)解説 Definition
ビジネスで、既存企業が前提としてきた価格、流通、利用体験を揺さぶり、市場構造を組み替える企業や起業家たちを指します。単なる妨害者ではなく、従来型の競争軸を変える新興勢力という前向き・警戒混じりの呼び名です。
Disruptors are people, companies, or technologies that strongly change an industry by introducing a new way of doing things. The word is common in business and technology discussions. It often has a positive meaning, but it can also suggest causing difficulty for older systems.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
この disruptors は、単に会議や授業を乱す「混乱を起こす人たち」ではなく、ビジネス記事で使う専門寄りの意味です。disruptive innovation「破壊的革新」と結びつけ、既存企業や古い仕組みを揺さぶる新興企業、技術、起業家を指すと覚えます。collocation は industry disruptors, market disruptors, tech disruptors などで、incumbents「既存勢力」と対比されやすい語です。
Start from `disrupt`, a strong word for breaking the usual flow. In business writing, `disruptors` are usually talked about in groups, with words like `startups`, `industry`, and `incumbents`. Think of companies that do not just improve the market, but force the old players to change.
例文
Startups are often seen as disruptors in traditional industries.
スタートアップは、伝統的な業界における破壊的革新者と見なされることが多い。
Digital banks became major disruptors in the financial sector.
デジタル銀行は金融分野の主要な変革者となった。
Established firms sometimes buy disruptors instead of competing with them.
既存企業は、対抗する代わりに変革を起こす新興企業を買収することがある。
disruptors の語源・成り立ち Etymology
disruptor は disrupt「乱す、引き裂く」の行為者形です。語源はラテン語 dis-「ばらばらに」+ rumpere「壊す」で、流れや秩序を壊す人という感覚につながります。
Disruptor is the agent noun from disrupt, meaning "a person who disrupts." Disrupt comes from Latin parts meaning "apart" and "break," so the word carries the idea of breaking the normal flow or order.
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