inhabited
人が住んでいる
解説 Definition
「inhabited」は、人や生き物が実際に住んでいる、または生息している状態を表します。地域や建物に居住者がいることを示し、「uninhabited（無人の）」の反対語です。歴史的・地理的な文脈で、ある場所に人間が定住していることを述べる際によく使われます。
Inhabited describes a place in which people or other living creatures reside, either currently or during a stated period in the past. It contrasts with uninhabited and is commonly applied to islands, regions, settlements, buildings, and natural habitats.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
inhabit「場所に住む、生息する」の過去分詞・形容詞形で、in-「中に」と habit「住まい・習慣」に通じる語形成を手掛かりにする。原形末尾が /t/ なので -ed は /ɪd/ と発音し、/ɪnˈhæbɪtɪd/。inhabited island は「住民のいる島」で、uninhabited「無人の」と対にして覚える。
Break inhabited into inhabit plus -ed. To inhabit a place is to live in it, so an inhabited island, village, or building has residents rather than merely visitors. Because inhabit ends in /t/, the -ed ending forms an extra /ɪd/ syllable: /ɪnˈhæbɪtɪd/. Pair it with uninhabited, meaning that no people live there, to make the contrast memorable. The phrase inhabited by identifies the residents, as in an island inhabited by one family, while has been inhabited since emphasizes continuous settlement over time.
例文
The island has been inhabited by the same family for over two centuries.
その島には、同じ家族が2世紀以上にわたって住み続けている。
Scientists discovered that the cave had been inhabited by early humans thousands of years ago.
科学者たちは、その洞窟が数千年前に初期の人類によって居住されていたことを発見した。
The remote village is still inhabited, despite its distance from modern conveniences.
その辺鄙な村は、現代の利便性から遠く離れているにもかかわらず、今も人が住んでいる。
inhabited の類義語・関連語
inhabited の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 inhabitare（中に住む）から。in-（中に）+ habitare（住む）に分解できる。habitare は habere（持つ）の反復形で「定住する」意。関連語: habitat（生息地）、habitation（居住）。人が住み着いている状態を示す。
Inhabited is the past participle of inhabit. Inhabit comes through French from Latin inhabitare, formed from in-, “in,” and habitare, “to dwell” or “live repeatedly.” Habitare is related to habere, “to have” or “hold,” and also underlies habitat and habitation. The adjective therefore describes a place that is held or occupied as a dwelling by people or other living creatures.
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