打倒された
解説 Definition
overthrown は overthrow（打倒する、転覆させる）の過去分詞です。政府や支配者などが力によって権力の座から倒されたことを表します。
Overthrown describes a ruler, leader, or government that has been forcibly removed from power. It is the past participle of overthrow and is commonly used before a noun or in a passive construction.
使い方 Usage
- an overthrown king のように名詞を修飾したり、The government was overthrown. のように受け身で使ったりします。 Use it before a noun, as in an overthrown king, or in a passive construction, as in The government was overthrown.
使い分け Common distinctions
- deposed は近い意味です。defeated は敗北を表しますが、必ずしも公的な地位を失ったとは限りません。 Deposed has a similar meaning. Defeated describes losing, but does not necessarily imply losing an official position.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
overthrow–overthrew–overthrown の末尾は throw–threw–thrown と同じ変化で、thrown は /θroʊn/。国の上に立つ支配者が、その座から押し出される場面を思い浮かべましょう。
Learn overthrow–overthrew–overthrown through throw–threw–thrown. The ending thrown is pronounced /θroʊn/. Picture a ruler standing above a country and then being pushed out of that position.
例文
The overthrown king lived quietly in another country.
打倒された王は別の国で静かに暮らしました。
The government was overthrown.
その政府は打倒されました。
overthrown の類義語・関連語
overthrown の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語の接頭辞over-（～を超えて）と動詞throw（投げる）の過去分詞から成る。字義通り「上に投げ飛ばす」が転じ、政権や相手を「上から覆し、完全に倒す」意味で定着した。同語根の関連語にthrowがある。
Overthrown is the past participle of overthrow, a compound of over and throw. The verb developed in Middle English from the physical idea of throwing something down or turning it upside down. It later acquired the political sense of removing a ruler or government from power. Its irregular form comes from throw, whose principal parts are throw, threw, and thrown; adding over does not change that inherited pattern.
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