prolifically
意味一覧 (2件)
盛んに
解説 Definition
大量に、または豊かに何かを生み出す様子。多くの作品や成果を短期間に生産することを意味する副詞です。
Prolifically means in a very productive, active, or abundant way. It is often used for someone who creates a large amount of work, such as writing, painting, or publishing. It can also describe something that grows or appears in large numbers.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
このエントリの prolifically は「多作に」という創作量の意味ではなく、繁殖・成長・発生などが非常に活発で、数や量がどんどん増える様子を「盛んに」と表す用法です。prolific の根にある「多く生み出す」感覚を、人の作品ではなく、細菌・植物・現象などが勢いよく増える場面へ広げて覚えると区別しやすいです。
This is `prolific` + `-ly`. First remember `prolific` for someone or something that produces a lot, like a prolific writer. Then `prolifically` describes doing that in a very productive, high-output way, not just doing it often.
例文
The author wrote prolifically throughout her career.
その著者はキャリア全体にわたって盛んに執筆しました。
The artist created prolifically, producing thousands of works.
その芸術家は盛んに創作し、何千もの作品を制作しました。
Bacteria reproduce prolifically under ideal conditions.
バクテリアは理想的な条件下で盛んに繁殖します。
多作に
(意味 2)解説 Definition
作家・芸術家・研究者などが、多くの作品や成果を継続的に生み出す様子を表す副詞です。単に頻繁に行うだけでなく、目に見える量のアウトプットが多いというニュアンスがあります。
Prolifically describes someone producing a large number of works, ideas, or results over time. It is often used for writers, artists, researchers, or other creative and productive people. The word does not just mean doing something often; it suggests a clearly large amount of visible output.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
prolifically は prolific「多産な、多作な」に副詞語尾 -ally が付いた語です。語源は proles「子孫」と -fic「作る」に関係し、作品や成果を次々生む感じが核です。write、publish、produce と結びつきやすく、productively が効率よく成果を出すことなら、prolifically は量の多さが強調されます。
Think of prolific as describing a person who keeps producing a lot, such as a writer with many books or an artist with many paintings. Then add -ly to make prolifically, which tells us how they create: in a highly productive, many-output way. Picture someone filling shelf after shelf with new work.
例文
She wrote prolifically throughout her career and published more than thirty novels.
彼女はキャリアを通じて多作に書き続け、30冊以上の小説を出版した。
The scientist published prolifically in his field, with new papers appearing almost every year.
その科学者は自分の分野で多作に論文を発表し、ほぼ毎年新しい成果を出していた。
Even after retiring, he continued to paint prolifically in a small studio by the sea.
引退後も、彼は海辺の小さな工房で多作に絵を描き続けた。
prolifically の語源・成り立ち Etymology
prolifically は prolific「多産の、豊富な」に副詞語尾 -ly が付いた語で、prolific はラテン語 proles「子孫」+ facere「作る」に由来する。もともと「子を多く生み出す」が原義なので、「作品や成果を盛んに生み出す」という意味につながり、関連語に prolific や proliferate がある。
Prolifically comes from prolific plus -ly. Prolific comes from Latin roots meaning "offspring" and "to make," so its earliest sense was producing many young. From that, it came to mean producing many works, ideas, or results; related words include proliferate and prolific.
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