put through
put through は英検1級レベルの英単語で、「つなぐ、経験させる、通わせる、成立させる」という意味があります。発音記号は /ˌpʊt ˈθruː/ です。
つなぐ
解説 Definition
「put through」には主に二つの意味がある。①電話で相手につなぐ（例：担当者に電話をつなぐ）、②計画・法案などを最後までやり遂げる、通す（例：議案を通過させる）。
In this sense, this phrasal verb means to connect someone to another person on the telephone. It is often used by operators, receptionists, or anyone handling a call. The phrase is common in business and service situations.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
put through は、電話や受付の場面で「通話を目的の相手まで通してつなぐ」と考えます。through は「向こう側まで通す」なので、call を交換機や担当部署の先へ送るイメージです。Please put me through to sales. や Could you put me through to Mr. Smith? のように使います。人をつらい状況へ通す表現ではなく、ここでは通話を相手に回す用法に集中して覚えましょう。
Think of `through` as passing from one side to the other. On the phone, `put me through` means connect me to the right person or department. Useful patterns are `Please put me through to sales` and `Could you put me through to Mr. Smith?`.
例文
Please put me through to customer service.
カスタマーサービスにつないでください。
They put the new system through a series of tests before release.
彼らは新システムを公開前に一連のテストにかけた。
経験させる
(意味 2)解説 Definition
人に試練や不快な出来事を実際に経験させる意味。put someone through something の形で、長い手続きや厳しい訓練、精神的負担などを相手に負わせるときによく使う。家族や部下が大変な思いをしたと述べる場面で頻出し、話し手の批判や同情がにじむことが多い。
If you put someone through something, you make them experience a difficult, unpleasant, or demanding situation. It is often used with long procedures, hard training, or emotional stress. The phrase is common when the speaker feels criticism or sympathy for the person who had to suffer through it.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
put は「ある場所に置く」、through は「通して向こう側へ」。この2語をそのまま合わせて、「途中で止めず相手やゴールまで通す」と考えると定着しやすい。電話では put you through to Mr. Tanaka で「田中さんにつなぐ」、仕事や法案では put a plan through / put a bill through で「最後まで通す・成立させる」。電話回線を通す感覚と、手続きを通過させる感覚は同じ。go through は「経験する・確認する」にも広がるので混同しない。
Think of put as "place or move" and through as "to the other side." Together, they suggest making someone go all the way through a process without stopping. This also helps you remember other uses, like put you through to Mr. Tanaka for a phone connection or put a plan through for getting something successfully completed.
例文
The company put us through three rounds of interviews before making a decision.
その会社は採用を決める前に、私たちに3回の面接を経験させた。
I felt sorry for the kids after the divorce put them through so much stress.
離婚で子どもたちがとても大変な思いをさせられて、気の毒に思った。
The coach put the team through a brutal week of training before the final.
そのコーチは決勝の前に、チームに過酷な1週間の練習を経験させた。
通わせる
(意味 3)解説 Definition
人に学費や生活費を出して学校・大学・専門課程に通わせる意味。put someone through school or college の形が典型で、親や配偶者が働いて教育費を工面し、学業を続けさせる文脈でよく使う。経済的な支援と努力を強調する表現で、苦労して学ぶ機会を与える響きがある。
When you put someone through school, college, or another course, you pay the costs so that they can continue studying. This phrase is often used when a parent or spouse works hard to cover tuition and living expenses. It suggests not only financial support, but also effort and sacrifice to give someone the chance to complete their education.
例文
His mother worked two jobs to put him through college.
彼の母親は彼を大学に通わせるために二つの仕事を掛け持ちした。
She put her husband through law school while he studied full time.
彼女は夫が法科大学院に通えるよう、フルタイムで勉強している間ずっと支えた。
Years of careful saving put both of their daughters through nursing school.
長年こつこつ貯金したおかげで、二人の娘を看護学校に通わせることができた。
成立させる
(意味 4)解説 Definition
議案や計画、改革案などを正式な手続きで可決・承認させる意味。会議、議会、取締役会などで put a bill or plan through の形で使われ、必要な投票や審査を通して成立に持ち込むことを表す。反対を押し切って実現する含みを持つこともある。
Put through means to make a bill, plan, reform, or similar proposal officially pass after the needed steps, checks, or votes. It is often used in meetings, parliaments, or boardrooms in phrases like put a bill through or put a plan through. The expression can also suggest pushing something forward despite opposition.
例文
The government managed to put through the new tax bill after a long debate.
政府は長い議論の末、その新しい税法案を成立させた。
She worked hard to put through the reform plan before the end of the year.
彼女は年末までに改革案を成立させるために懸命に動いた。
The board put the proposal through even though several members had serious concerns.
取締役会は数名の強い懸念があったにもかかわらず、その提案を成立させた。
put through の語源・成り立ち Etymology
put through は、put「置く・動かす」と through「通って」から成る句動詞です。through は古英語 þurh に由来し、全体の原義は「向こう側へ通す」。そのイメージから、交換機を通して相手に回す、つまり「電話をつなぐ」の意味になりました。
This phrasal verb joins "put," an old Germanic word meaning "place" or "move," with "through," from Old English "thurh," meaning "from one side to the other." Its basic image is sending something through to the far side. That sense later shaped uses such as connecting a person through a telephone system or helping something pass to completion.
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