interrupted
中断された
解説 Definition
interrupted は interrupt（中断する、割り込む）の過去形・過去分詞です。「中断された」「邪魔された」という意味で、会話・作業・予定などが途中で止められたことを表します。
Interrupted is the past-tense and past-participle form of interrupt. It describes an activity, conversation, or process that someone or something stopped temporarily before it was complete.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 interrupt に -ed を付けた過去形・過去分詞です。語末が /t/ なので -ed は /ɪd/ と発音し、「インタラプティド」に近くなります。会議や食事などの流れが途中で断たれる場面を思い浮かべ、be interrupted by a call の型で覚えましょう。
Start with the base verb interrupt, meaning to break into an activity or stop its flow. Interrupted adds -ed and serves as both the simple past and the past participle. Because interrupt ends in the /t/ sound, the ending is pronounced /ɪd/, giving an extra syllable. Picture a meeting moving smoothly until a telephone call breaks the flow: the meeting was interrupted by a call. The common pattern be interrupted by clearly identifies the event or person that caused the break.
例文
The meeting was interrupted by a phone call.
会議は電話で中断されました。
She interrupted him during his speech.
彼女は彼のスピーチ中に口を挟みました。
Our lunch was interrupted by heavy rain.
私たちの昼食は激しい雨で中断されました。
interrupted の類義語・関連語
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interrupted の語源・成り立ち Etymology
interrupted は interrupt＋-ed。interrupt はラテン語 interrumpere「途中で断ち切る」からで、inter-「間に」＋ rumpere「壊す」なので、「流れの間に割って入って切る」感覚から「中断された」になります。関連語は rupture, corrupt。
Interrupted is formed from interrupt plus the past-tense and participial ending -ed. Interrupt entered English from Latin interrumpere, built from inter-, “between” or “among,” and rumpere, “to break.” Its literal structure suggests breaking into the middle of something, which developed naturally into the sense of stopping speech, work, or another continuing activity. Rupture shares the Latin root meaning “break.”
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