reconstructed
再建された
解説 Definition
reconstructed は reconstruct（再建する、復元する）の過去形・過去分詞で、形容詞としては再建された、復元されたという意味です。建物や都市だけでなく、出来事や古い資料をもとに復元された内容にも使われます。
Reconstructed describes something that has been built again after damage or destruction, or recreated from surviving evidence. It may refer to physical structures and objects, as well as accounts of past events assembled from incomplete information.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 reconstruct「再建・復元する」に -ed を付けた過去形・過去分詞で、reconstructed /ˌriːkənˈstrʌktɪd/ となります。re-「再び」＋ construct「組み立てる」と分け、「もう一度組み立てられた」と理解しましょう。reconstructed bridge は再建、reconstructed village や ship は資料に基づく復元という違いがあります。
Break reconstructed into re-, “again,” construct, “build,” and -ed, marking a completed or resulting state. The base verb is reconstruct, and adding -ed gives reconstructed, pronounced /ˌriːkənˈstrʌktɪd/. Picture a damaged bridge built again, or an ancient village recreated from archaeological evidence. Common combinations include “a reconstructed bridge,” “a reconstructed village,” and “reconstructed parts.” The word can therefore mean either physically rebuilt or carefully recreated from evidence. This is more specific than repaired, which may involve fixing only damaged portions without building the whole thing again.
例文
The reconstructed bridge opened last spring.
再建された橋は昨年の春に開通しました。
Visitors can walk through a reconstructed village from the Edo period.
来場者は江戸時代の復元された村を歩いて見学できます。
The museum displayed reconstructed parts of the ancient ship.
博物館には古代船の復元された部分が展示されていました。
reconstructed の類義語・関連語
対義語
reconstructed の語源・成り立ち Etymology
reconstructed は re-「再び」+ construct「組み立てる」+ -ed です。construct はラテン語 construere に由来し、con-「共に」+ struere「積み上げる」から成るので、「もう一度積み上げて作り直した」が原義です。関連語は structure、constructive。
Reconstructed is formed from reconstruct plus -ed. Reconstruct combines the prefix re-, “again,” with construct, which comes from Latin construere, “to pile together, build, or arrange.” Construere itself combines con-, “together,” and struere, “to build or pile up.” The literal structure is therefore “built together again.” From physical rebuilding, the word extended to recreating objects, scenes, events, or forms by combining surviving evidence.
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