emancipated
解放された
解説 Definition
emancipated は emancipate（解放する）の過去形・過去分詞で、「解放された」という意味です。特に法律・社会的な束縛や支配から自由になった状態を表し、人や集団について使われます。
Freed from legal, social, or personal control, restriction, or dependence. The adjective often describes people or groups who have gained recognized freedom, including workers released from bondage or minors legally made independent of their parents.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 emancipate「法的・社会的束縛から解放する」の語末 e を残して -d を付けた過去形・過去分詞で、語尾は /ɪd/ と発音します。形容詞では「解放された状態」を表し、emancipated workers や legally emancipated children のような社会的・法的自由と結び付けます。
Link emancipated to the base verb emancipate, “to free someone from control or restriction.” Since emancipate already ends in silent e, its past form simply adds -d, and the ending is pronounced /ɪd/. Picture workers finally free to choose their jobs, or a minor who has become legally independent from parental control. This word is stronger and more formal than merely relaxed or relieved: it points to release from a real legal, social, or controlling bond. Common combinations include “emancipated workers,” “emancipated people,” and “legally emancipated minors.”
例文
The emancipated workers were finally allowed to choose their own jobs.
解放された労働者たちは、ようやく自分の仕事を選べるようになりました。
She felt emancipated after leaving the strict household.
厳しい家庭を離れて、彼女は解放された気持ちになりました。
The law protected children who had been legally emancipated from their parents.
その法律は、親から法的に解放された子どもたちを保護しました。
emancipated の類義語・関連語
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emancipated の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 emancipare「手から放す、支配から解放する」に由来し、e-「外へ」＋ mancipium「所有権」から成ります。mancipium は manus「手」＋ capere「取る」に結びつき、文字どおり「手の中から外へ出す」ので「解放された」となるのです。manual や capture も成分を共有します。
Emancipated is the past and participial form of emancipate. The verb comes from Latin emancipare, meaning to release from authority or ownership. It is associated with e-, “out,” and mancipium, a legal term for possession, itself connected with manus, “hand,” and capere, “to take.” The underlying image is release from another person’s legal hand or control. English extended this legal sense to broader freedom from social and personal restrictions.
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