populated
人口が多い
解説 Definition
populated は populate（人が住む、住まわせる）の過去形・過去分詞で、形容詞として「人が住んでいる」「人口が多い」という意味です。well-populated や densely populated のように、地域の人口の多さを表すときによく使われます。
Having people living in a place, especially in considerable numbers. It commonly follows an adverb such as densely, heavily, or sparsely to describe the population level of a city, region, or other area.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 populate「人を住まわせる」に -d が付いた過去分詞で、語末が /t/ 音なので -ed は /ɪd/ と発音します。形容詞では「人が住んでいる状態」を表し、densely populated「人口密度が高い」、heavily populated「人口が非常に多い」と地域を説明する形で覚えましょう。
Connect populated with the verb populate, meaning “to cause people to live in a place.” It is the past participle, formed by adding -d, and its ending is pronounced /ɪd/ because populate ends in a /t/ sound. As an adjective, it describes the resulting state: an area has people living in it. Learn it through common combinations such as densely populated, heavily populated, and sparsely populated. These phrases make it easier to remember that populated normally describes a place and indicates how many people live there.
例文
Tokyo is a heavily populated city.
東京は人口が非常に多い都市です。
The coast is more populated than the mountains.
海岸部は山間部より人口が多いです。
This populated area has many schools and shops.
この人口の多い地域には学校や店がたくさんあります。
populated の類義語・関連語
対義語
populated の語源・成り立ち Etymology
populated は populate「人を住まわせる・人で満たす」の過去分詞形で、語源はラテン語 populus「民・人々」です。popular や populace も同根で、「人々で満たされた」という発想から、地域や町が「人口の多い」状態を表す語になりました。
Populated is the past-participle form of populate, created by adding -d. Populate ultimately comes from Latin populus, meaning “people” or “a people,” through Latin populatus and later English formation. Its literal underlying idea is filling a place with people. English words such as population, populace, and popular share the same Latin source, although their modern meanings and uses differ.
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