married
意味一覧 (2件)
既婚
解説 Definition
married は「既婚の」という状態を表す形容詞で、配偶者がいる身分・関係を示します。申込書の marital status、Are you married?、a married couple のように、結婚という出来事ではなく現在の属性を聞く場面に向きます。
Married means legally having a husband or wife. It describes a person who is in a marriage. It is commonly used to talk about someone's relationship status.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
形容詞の married は、過去分詞から発展して「結婚済みの状態」を表す語になったものです。married or single と並べば、恋愛中かどうかではなく法的・社会的な関係区分の確認です。a married man は「既婚男性」、married life は「結婚生活」。engaged はまだ婚約段階、divorced は結婚関係が解消済みなので、同じ関係ステータスでも位置が異なります。
Start with `marry`, then add `-ed`: `married` means the state after getting married. This helps you remember the common contrast: `get married` is the event, but `be married` is the situation. It also stays in memory well with opposites like `single` and `divorced`.
例文
They have been married for over twenty years.
彼らは20年以上結婚している。
She got married in a small ceremony with close friends.
彼女は親しい友人たちとの小さな式で結婚した。
Are you married or single?
既婚ですか、それとも独身ですか？
結婚した
(意味 2)解説 Definition
married は動詞 marry の過去形・過去分詞で、「結婚する」という出来事が実際に起きたことを述べます。She married Tom のように相手を目的語に取り、結婚した時期・場所・式の有無を語る文で使われます。
Married is the past tense and past participle of marry, and it means that the act of getting married really happened. It is often used when you say who someone married, as in marry + person, not marry with + person. This form is common when talking about the time, place, or details of the marriage event, rather than a person’s present marital status.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
動詞としての married は「結婚した」という行為の完了に注目します。日本語の「トムと結婚した」に引かれて marry with Tom とせず、marry Tom と相手を直接続けるのが基本です。get married は式や入籍など「結婚することになった」出来事を柔らかく言う表現。形容詞の married が現在の身分を表すのに対し、こちらは過去に起きた動作を語る形です。
As a verb, married focuses on the completed action of marriage. Remember that English normally says marry someone, not marry with someone. Get married is a softer way to talk about the event of marriage, while married as an adjective describes a person’s current status.
例文
She married Tom last spring.
彼女は昨年の春にトムと結婚した。
My grandparents married in a small church in Kyoto.
私の祖父母は京都の小さな教会で結婚した。
He married young, before he started his career.
彼は仕事を始める前の若い頃に結婚した。
married の語源・成り立ち Etymology
married は marry に -ed が付いた形で、marry は古フランス語 marier、さらにラテン語 maritare「夫婦にする」にさかのぼります。marriage や marital と同根で、「結びつけて配偶関係に入れる」という語源を知ると、既婚の意味が腑に落ちます。
"Married" comes from "marry" plus the ending "-ed." "Marry" entered English from Old French "marier," from Latin "maritare," meaning "to give in marriage" or "to join as husband and wife." Related words include "marriage" and "marital," and the word keeps that old sense of being joined in a formal union.
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