maimed
障害のある
解説 Definition
maimed は maim（手足などを傷つけて障害を負わせる）の過去形・過去分詞です。形容詞的に「重いけがで障害のある」という状態を表すこともありますが、人について使うと強い表現なので文脈に注意します。
Maimed is the past tense and past participle of maim, meaning severely injured so that a body part or physical function was permanently or lastingly damaged. It can also act adjectivally, but it is a strong term and may sound insensitive when labeling a person.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
maimed は maim に -ed を付けた過去形・過去分詞で、語末 /m/ が有声音なので -ed は /d/ と発音します。「重傷で身体機能を永久的に損なう」という強い語で、be maimed by an explosion、leave someone maimed の型を覚え、単なる injured より深刻だと意識します。
Maimed is the past and past-participle form of maim. Because maim ends in the voiced sound /m/, the -ed ending is pronounced /d/. Remember the strong pattern leave someone maimed: an accident or explosion causes severe, lasting loss of bodily function. Other useful combinations are be maimed by an explosion and civilians were maimed. It is much stronger and more specific than injured, which can describe even temporary harm. When referring to a person, wording such as “a person who was maimed” may be more considerate than using maimed as a permanent label.
例文
The accident left him maimed for life.
その事故で彼は一生残る障害を負いました。
A maimed worker returned to the office after a long recovery.
障害を負った作業員は長い回復期間を経て職場に戻りました。
The report described how several civilians were maimed by the explosion.
報告書には、その爆発で複数の民間人が障害を負った経緯が記されていました。
maimed の類義語・関連語
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maimed の語源・成り立ち Etymology
maimed は maim の過去分詞で、語源は古フランス語 mahaignier「手足を損なう」とされ、さらにゲルマン系語にさかのぼります。もとは身体を傷つけて使えなくする感覚で、そこから「傷つけられ機能を失った」の意になりました。関連語は mayhem。
Maimed is formed by adding the regular past-tense and past-participle ending -ed to maim. Maim entered English through Anglo-French and Old French forms related to mahaignier, meaning “to injure, mutilate, or disable.” The deeper origin is generally considered Germanic, though its precise reconstruction is uncertain. The word has long carried the strong idea of causing lasting physical damage or loss of function, which remains central to modern maimed.
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