follow through
follow through は英検1級・TOEIC 600レベルの英単語で、「最後までやり遂げる」という意味があります。発音記号は /ˈfɑloʊ ˈθruː/ です。
最後までやり遂げる
解説 Definition
始めたことを途中で投げ出さず最後までやり遂げること。
To follow through means to continue with a plan, decision, or promise until it is fully completed. It is often used when someone does what they said they would do, even if it takes effort.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
follow は「後についていく」、through は「最後まで突き抜ける」。合わせて「始めた流れを終点まで追いかける」と置くと覚えやすいです。約束・計画・治療・問い合わせなどを途中で止めず完了させる場面でよく使い、follow through on a promise / plan の形が頻出。単に follow だと「従う・追う」だけですが、through が付くと「完遂」の含みが強まります。似た complete よりも、やると決めたことを責任をもって最後までやる感じです。
`Follow` means keep going after something, and `through` adds the idea of going all the way to the end. So `follow through` is not just starting a plan, but staying with it until it is finished. It often appears in `follow through on a promise` or `follow through on a plan`.
例文
He made a promise but never followed through on it.
彼は約束したが、最後までやり遂げなかった。
It's important to follow through with your commitments.
自分の約束を最後までやり遂げることが大切だ。
The team followed through on the plan and delivered the project on time.
チームは計画を最後までやり遂げ、プロジェクトを期限通りに納品した。
follow through の類義語・関連語
follow through の語源・成り立ち Etymology
follow は古英語 fylgian「後について行く」、through は古英語 þurh「通り抜けて」が元。途中で離れず終点まで付き従う絵が、そのまま仕事や約束を「最後までやり遂げる」意味を生んだ。follower や German folgen が近い親類。
`Follow` comes from Old English `fylgian`, meaning "go after" or "accompany," and `through` comes from Old English `thurh`, meaning "from start to end" or "all the way across." Together, they first suggested continuing after something without stopping. From that image, `follow through` came to mean carrying an action or promise to the end.
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