fired
解雇された
解説 Definition
fired は fire（解雇する）の過去形・過去分詞で、仕事を辞めさせられた、解雇されたという意味です。be fired の形で「解雇される」と受け身で使われることが多いです。
Fired is the past tense and past participle of fire meaning to dismiss someone from employment. It frequently appears in passive expressions such as be fired or get fired, indicating that an employer ended the person’s job.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 fire「解雇する」に -d を加えた過去形・過去分詞で、語尾は /d/、全体は /ˈfaɪərd/。be fired や get fired from a job の形で「職を失う」と覚えます。laid off が経営上の人員削減にも使われるのに対し、fired は雇用主が本人を辞めさせたことを強く示します。
Use the base verb fire in its employment sense, then add -d because fire already ends in e. The ending is pronounced /d/, and the full form is /ˈfaɪərd/. Learn it through the common patterns be fired, get fired, and be fired from a job. These forms focus on the employer ending someone’s employment. Compare laid off, which often suggests that a position disappeared for business reasons; fired more readily suggests a decision directed at the particular employee.
例文
He was fired yesterday.
彼は昨日解雇されました。
She got fired from the shop.
彼女はその店を解雇されました。
Tom was fired after many mistakes.
トムは何度もミスをしたあと解雇されました。
fired の類義語・関連語
fired の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 fȳr（火）から。元は「火をつける」意で、19世紀アメリカで「職場から追い出す＝クビにする」の俗語に転じた。fire には「発砲する」意もあり、銃で撃ち出すように放逐するイメージ。関連語: fireplace, firearms。
Fired is the past tense and past participle of fire, a word descending from Old English fȳr, “fire.” The verb first referred to setting something alight and later developed such senses as discharging a weapon. In nineteenth-century American usage, fire also became an informal verb meaning to dismiss an employee, perhaps evoking forceful expulsion. The regular past form is made by adding -d to the final-e spelling fire.
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