解釈
解説 Definition
interpretations は interpretation（解釈）の複数形です。文章、発言、出来事などについて、複数の理解のしかたや見方を表すときに使います。
Interpretations are explanations or understandings of the meaning, significance, or intention of texts, statements, rules, events, or works of art. The plural form emphasizes that two or more people or approaches may understand the same subject in different ways.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
interpretations は interpretation「解釈」の規則的な複数形で、語尾に -s を加え、発音は /z/ です。interpret「解釈する」＋ -ation「行為・結果」からできています。many interpretations、different interpretations、two interpretations of a story の形で、同じ対象への複数の見方を意識します。
Begin with the singular noun interpretation, meaning one way of understanding or explaining something. Add the regular plural ending -s to make interpretations; because the singular ends in a voiced sound, the final -s is pronounced /z/. The word can be analyzed through interpret plus -ation, the suffix marking an action, process, or result. Learn it in phrases such as many interpretations of a poem, different interpretations of a rule, and two interpretations of a story. The plural is especially useful when one text or event allows several competing readings.
例文
There are many interpretations of this poem.
この詩には多くの解釈があります。
Their interpretations of the rule were different.
彼らのその規則への解釈は異なっていました。
The teacher compared two interpretations of the story.
先生はその物語について二つの解釈を比べました。
interpretations の類義語・関連語
類義語
紛らわしい語
interpretations の語源・成り立ち Etymology
interpretations は interpretation の複数形で、interpret「解釈する」＋ -ation「こと」。interpret はラテン語 interpretari「説明する・仲介する」に由来し、もともと“意味を人に取り次ぐ”感覚なので、解釈という意味が自然に見えてくる。関連語は interpret, interpreter。
Interpretations is the regular plural of interpretation. The singular was formed from interpret and the noun-forming suffix -ation. Interpret ultimately comes from Latin interpretari, meaning to explain, translate, or understand, through the related noun interpres, an interpreter or mediator. The ending -ation marks an action or its result, while plural -s indicates more than one explanation or understanding. Related modern formations include interpretation, interpret, interpretive, and interpreter.
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