eviscerated
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、ただ「傷ついた」「壊れた」ではなく、「中身を抜かれて空っぽにされた」という絵で覚えると強いです。比喩では a bill was eviscerated なら「法案の重要部分が削られて骨抜き」、literal なら fish were eviscerated のように下処理の文脈。visceral と同じ viscer- を見たら body の奥・内臓を連想。destroyed より「外形は残るが本質が抜けた」感じで、gutted に近いが、eviscerated のほうが硬く徹底的です。
Notice the middle part `viscer-`, which is also in `visceral` and relates to the inner organs. The image is not just damage, but something having its inside removed. That is why `eviscerated` is often stronger 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。
eviscerated の類義語・関連語
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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