overlooked
見落とされた
解説 Definition
overlooked は overlook（見落とす、見過ごす）の過去形・過去分詞で、ここでは「見落とされた」という意味です。必要な情報や問題が注意されずに残ったことを表し、受け身の形でよく使われます。
Not noticed, considered, or dealt with, usually because attention was directed elsewhere or a review was incomplete. It often describes details, errors, or problems that remained undiscovered or received insufficient attention.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
overlooked は overlook の過去形・過去分詞で、語末に規則どおり -ed を付け、発音は /ˌoʊvərˈlʊkt/ と末尾が /t/ になります。ここでは受け身の be overlooked「見落とされる」で覚え、small errors、important details、safety issues など、確認時に注意から漏れる対象と結び付けましょう。
Start with overlook, then add the regular past-participle ending -ed; because the base ends in the voiceless sound /k/, the ending is pronounced /t/, giving /ˌoʊvərˈlʊkt/. In this sense, imagine someone’s attention passing over a small detail without stopping. The passive pattern is especially useful: an error was overlooked, or safety issues were overlooked. Pairing the word with details, errors, and problems will help distinguish this meaning from another sense of overlook, “to have a view of something from above.”
例文
The small error was overlooked during the review.
その小さな誤りは確認中に見落とされました。
Important details can be overlooked when people work too quickly.
人が急いで作業すると、重要な細部が見落とされることがあります。
Several safety issues were overlooked in the first report.
最初の報告書では、いくつかの安全上の問題が見落とされていました。
overlooked の類義語・関連語
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overlooked の語源・成り立ち Etymology
overlooked は over-「越えて」と look「見る」から成り、古くは「上から見渡す」が、やがて「見過ごす・見落とす」に転じました。look は古英語 locian 由来で、outlook や lookout と同根なので、「視線が通り過ぎてしまった」感じです。
Overlook is a compound of over and look. It was used for looking down upon or surveying something from above, and it later developed the sense of passing over something without noticing or attending to it. Look comes from Old English lōcian. Overlooked is the regular past and past-participle form, created by adding -ed; its adjectival use describes something that has escaped notice.
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