licensed
認可された
解説 Definition
licensed は license（認可する、免許を与える）の過去形・過去分詞で、「認可された」「免許を受けた」という意味です。人や店、製品などが正式な許可を得ていることを表します。
Licensed is the past tense and past participle of license. It describes a person, business, product, or activity that has received official permission or certification, and it can also refer to the act of granting such permission in the past.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
license「認可する」に -ed を付けた過去形・過去分詞です。語末が無声音 /s/ なので -ed は /t/ と発音し、全体は「ライセンスト」に近くなります。a licensed nurse、licensed to sell のように、資格を持つ人や公的に許可された活動と結び付けて覚えます。
Connect licensed directly to the base verb license, meaning “to give official permission.” It is formed by adding -ed, and because license ends in the voiceless sound /s/, the ending is pronounced /t/, not as an extra syllable. Picture an authority checking qualifications and issuing a document. Useful patterns include a licensed nurse, a licensed dealer, and be licensed to sell something. Unlike merely experienced or trained, licensed specifically suggests formal authorization from a recognized body.
例文
The shop is licensed to sell medicine.
その店は薬を販売する認可を受けています。
She is a licensed nurse.
彼女は資格を持つ看護師です。
Only licensed drivers can use this car.
免許を持つ運転者だけがこの車を使えます。
licensed の類義語・関連語
licensed の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 licentia（自由、許可）から。動詞 licēre（許される）が語源で、「公的に許可を与える」意味に発展。関連語: license（免許）、licentious（放埓な）。「許されている状態」が原義なので「認可された」という意味に直結する。
Licensed is the regular past-tense and past-participle form of license. License ultimately comes through French and Latin from Latin licentia, meaning “freedom” or “permission,” which is related to licere, “to be permitted.” The English verb developed the sense of formally giving permission or authority. The suffix -ed marks a completed action or the resulting authorized state.
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