eviscerated
意味一覧 (2件)
内臓を抜き取られた
解説 Definition
内臓を取り除かれた状態。比喩的に、内容や本質を骨抜きにされたことも指す。
Eviscerated means that the internal organs have been removed from a body, especially from an animal or fish prepared for food. It can also be used in a figurative way to mean severely weakened or stripped of important parts. In literal use, it is common in cooking, biology, and food processing.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
eviscerated は、visceral「内臓の」と同じ viscer- を手がかりにすると覚えやすい語です。「内臓を抜き取られた」という字義では、魚や動物を調理・解剖・加工する前に腹の中を取り出した状態を指します。単に damaged「傷ついた」ではなく、中心にある中身が取り除かれている点が重要です。専門的・生々しい響きがあり、gutted に近い強い表現です。
Notice viscer- in eviscerated, the same family as visceral and viscera. In the literal meaning, it describes an animal or fish whose inner organs have been removed. It is stronger and more specific than damaged, and close to gutted.
例文
The new regulations eviscerated the original environmental protection law of all its power.
新しい規制により、元の環境保護法はすべての力を骨抜きにされた。
The fish were eviscerated and cleaned before being packed in ice for transport.
魚は輸送のために氷詰めにされる前に内臓を抜き取られ、洗浄された。
Critics argued that the eviscerated budget left nothing for essential public services.
批評家たちは、骨抜きにされた予算では必須の公共サービスに何も残らないと主張した。
中身を抜かれた
(意味 2)解説 Definition
物・計画・法律・文章などから重要な内容や働きが取り除かれ、外形だけが残った状態を表します。単に壊れたのではなく、中心となる部分を削られて力を失ったという硬めの表現です。
If something is eviscerated, its most important parts or functions have been removed, even though the outside may still remain. It is often used for things like laws, plans, systems, or pieces of writing. The word suggests more than simple damage: it means the core has been taken away, so the thing has lost its real power or value.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
eviscerated は eviscerate「中身を取り出す、骨抜きにする」の過去分詞形です。viscer- は visceral「内臓の、本能的な」と同じ語根で「内部」を連想できます。この基本義では、対象は法案・文章・制度・建物など広く、「外側は残るが重要な中身が抜けた」感じです。empty より硬く、damaged より「本質を取り去られた」点が強いと覚えると使い分けやすいです。
Eviscerated is the past participle of eviscerate, which means "to take out the inside" or "to strip of its substance." The part viscer- is the same root seen in visceral, so it can help you think of inner parts. Use this word for things like laws, plans, systems, or buildings when the outside remains but the important inside has been taken away. It is stronger and more formal than empty, and it focuses more on losing the essential core than damaged does.
例文
The final version of the bill was so heavily revised that it felt eviscerated.
法案の最終版は大幅に修正され、中身を抜かれたような状態だった。
Her report looked complete, but the key argument had been eviscerated by the editor.
彼女の報告書は一見完成していたが、肝心の主張は編集者によって骨抜きにされていた。
The historic building survived the fire, but its interior was eviscerated and had to be rebuilt.
その歴史的建物は火災を免れたが、内部は中身を抜かれたような状態で再建が必要だった。
eviscerated の語源・成り立ち Etymology
eviscerated はラテン語 eviscerare「内臓を取り出す」に由来し、e-「外へ」+ viscera「内臓」から成ります。字義どおり「腹の中身を外へ出す」で、そこから比喩的にも「中身を抜かれた、骨抜きの」という感覚につながります。関連語は visceral, viscus.
This comes from Latin eviscerare, literally "to remove the inner organs." It is made from e- "out" and viscera "internal organs." From the physical idea of taking out what is inside, it later developed a figurative sense of something being emptied of its real substance; related English words include visceral and viscus.
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