refer
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解説 Definition
refer は、情報源などを参照する、または見るように案内するという意味です。説明や案内では refer to ... の形で「〜を参照してください」とよく使われます。
To refer to a page, chart, guide, or other source is to look at it, or direct someone to look at it, in order to obtain information. This sense is commonly used in instructions and formal guidance.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
re-「戻して」＋fer「運ぶ」という成り立ちから、必要な情報へ意識を「運び戻す」と捉えます。「〜を参照する」は refer to＋資料・ページが基本で、案内文の Please refer to page 10. や For details, refer to the guide. をひとかたまりで覚えると実用的です。
Connect refer with its historical parts re-, “back,” and fer, “carry”: when you refer to a source, you carry your attention back to it for information. Learn the verb together with the required preposition to: refer to a page, refer to a chart, and refer to the guide. In instructions, Please refer to ... politely directs the reader elsewhere. Unlike mention, which simply brings something into the discussion, refer to in this sense tells someone where to look or consult.
例文
Please refer to page ten.
10ページを参照してください。
You can refer to this chart.
この表を参照できます。
For more details, refer to the guide.
詳しくはガイドを参照してください。
refer の類義語・関連語
refer の語源・成り立ち Etymology
refer はラテン語 referre に由来し、re-「後ろへ・戻して」＋ferre「運ぶ」から成ります。原義は「持ち返す・結びつける」で、そこから「話を向ける」「参照する」の意味が育ちました。reference や transfer にも同じ fer-「運ぶ」の核があります。
Refer comes through Middle English and Old French from Latin referre, formed from re-, meaning “back,” and ferre, meaning “to carry or bring.” Its earliest core idea was bringing something back or relating it to something else. This developed into directing attention or a statement toward a subject or source. Reference belongs to the same word family, while transfer also contains a form of the Latin root meaning “carry.”
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