internees
抑留者
解説 Definition
戦争や政治的理由によって強制的に拘束・抑留された人々。第二次世界大戦中、多くの一般市民が収容所に抑留された。
Internees are people who are kept in a place such as a camp or detention center by authorities, usually during war or political conflict. They are not simply ordinary prisoners, because the reason is often security or government policy. The word is mainly used in historical, legal, or political contexts.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
internee は intern「抑留する」の“される側”で、-ee が「行為を受ける人」を表すと押さえると覚えやすいです。employee, attendee と同じ型です。複数形が internees。歴史やニュースでは internment camp, Japanese American internees の形で出やすく、prisoners よりも「戦争・政治的事情で当局に拘束された民間人」、detainees よりも歴史的で重い語感があると結び付けると定着します。
Focus on the ending `-ee`, which often means the person who receives an action, like in `employee` or `attendee`. So an `internee` is the person who is interned, and `internees` is the plural form. It often appears in historical or political contexts, which helps distinguish it from more general words like `prisoners`.
例文
The internees were held in camps far from their homes.
抑留者たちは自宅から遠く離れた収容所に入れられていた。
During World War II, thousands of internees experienced harsh conditions.
第二次世界大戦中、数千人の抑留者が厳しい環境を経験した。
The government's treatment of internees remains a controversial historical topic.
政府の抑留者への扱いは今なお歴史的に議論の多いテーマである。
internees の類義語・関連語
internees の語源・成り立ち Etymology
interneesはintern「抑留する」+ -ee「される人」から成ります。internはフランス語internerを経てラテン語internus「内側の」に連なり、「外へ出さず内に留める」が原義です。internalやinternmentが同じ発想の語です。
Internees comes from internee, meaning a person who is interned, built from intern plus the suffix -ee for the person affected. Intern came through French interner and is connected with Latin internus, meaning "inner" or "inside." The basic idea is being kept inside or within limits, which developed into the modern sense of being detained. Related words include internal and internment.
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