逮捕する
解説 Definition
動詞 nab（素早くつかむ、捕らえる、逮捕する）の三人称単数現在形。物や機会を手に入れるという口語的な意味でも使われる。
The third-person singular present form of nab, meaning to catch or arrest someone quickly, or informally to seize or obtain something desirable. It is typically used with a singular subject in present-time statements.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
nabs は動詞 nab「素早くつかむ、ひっつかまえる」の三人称単数現在形。語尾が無声音でない /b/ の後なので -s は /z/ と発音し、全体は /næbz/。主語が he、she、the police officer など単数の現在時に用い、警察が容疑者を捕らえる場面と結び付ける。
Begin with the base verb nab, an informal word meaning “catch, seize, or arrest quickly.” Nabs is its third-person singular present form, used after he, she, it, or a singular noun: “The officer nabs the suspect.” Because the base ends in the voiced sound /b/, the final -s is pronounced /z/, giving /næbz/. Picture a police officer suddenly catching a suspect, then extend the same grabbing image to opportunities, prizes, or a championship. Keep the grammar clear: use nab with I, you, we, or they, but nabs with one third-person subject.
例文
The police officer nabs the suspect at the train station.
その警察官は駅で容疑者を逮捕する。
He nabs opportunities whenever they appear.
彼は機会が現れるたびにそれをつかむ。
The team nabs the championship in the final game.
そのチームは最終戦で優勝を勝ち取る。
nabs の類義語・関連語
nabs の語源・成り立ち Etymology
nabs は動詞 nab に三人称単数現在の語尾 -s を加えた形。nab は17世紀の英語の俗語に「つかむ、捕らえる」の意味で現れるが、それ以前の語源は不確かで、スカンジナビア諸語やオランダ語の類似語との関連が提案されている。kidnap の nap との語源的関係は確定していない。
Nabs is formed regularly from nab by adding the third-person singular present ending -s. Nab appeared in English slang in the seventeenth century with the sense “seize” or “catch,” but its deeper source is uncertain; it has been compared with Scandinavian and Dutch verbs meaning to catch or snap up. The arrest sense developed naturally from physical capture. Despite a resemblance in meaning and sound, nab is not securely established as the source of the nap element in kidnap.
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