introducer
紹介者
解説 Definition
紹介者；人々を互いに紹介する人。
An introducer is a person who presents one person to another or helps people become acquainted. The word can also be used for someone who brings in a new idea, product, or system. It is more formal and less common than simple words like presenter or host.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
まず `introduce` を確実に思い出す。`introduce A to B` は「AをBに紹介する／導入する」で、そこに「〜する人」の `-er` が付けば introducer。つまり「人や話題を場に出す役」。self-introduction の introduce と同じ核なので、「初対面の二人をつなぐ人」「新製品や新制度を最初に世に出す人」を思い浮かべると定着しやすい。`host` や `presenter` は司会・進行寄りだが、introducer は“紹介してつなぐ人”に焦点がある。
Build it from `introduce` + `-er`. An `introducer` is the person who brings someone or something into the situation. Think of a person connecting two strangers, not a `host` or `presenter` who mainly runs the event.
例文
The introducer connected the two professionals.
紹介者は2人の専門家を引き合わせた。
As an introducer, she facilitated networking.
紹介者として、彼女はネットワーキングを促進した。
The introducer's role was to connect people.
紹介者の役割は人々をつなぐことだった。
introducer の類義語・関連語
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introducer の語源・成り立ち Etymology
introduce に -er が付いた語で、introduce はラテン語 introducere（intro-「中へ」+ ducere「導く」）にさかのぼります。文字通り「中へ導き入れる人」なので、人を会わせる「紹介者」の意味になりました。関連語に conduct, deduce。
Introducer comes from introduce plus the agent ending -er. Introduce goes back to Latin introducere, from intro- meaning "within" and ducere meaning "to lead." So the original idea was "someone who leads a person in," which later became someone who presents one person to another; related words include conduct and deduce.
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