reformatory
矯正院
解説 Definition
非行少年などを収容して教育・矯正を行う施設。少年院に相当する。
A reformatory is a place where young offenders are sent so they can be controlled, educated, and helped to change their behavior. The word is connected with the justice system and older institutional language. It often suggests punishment combined with reform.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
まず reform「改める・立て直す」が見えれば核はつかめます。そこに -ory が付くと dormitory や laboratory のように「場所・施設」の響きが出るので、「人を reform する施設」と覚えると残りやすいです。単なる prison ではなく、punishment より education / correction に重心がある語。特に juvenile reformatory のように、非行少年を教育・矯正する場面と結び付けると定着します。computer の reformat とは無関係、と切り分けておくと混同しません。
Look first at `reform`, which gives the main memory hook. The ending `-ory` appears in place words like `dormitory` and `laboratory`, so `reformatory` can be remembered as a place for reform. Keep it separate from computer `reformat`, which is a different word family in meaning.
例文
The young offender was sent to a reformatory instead of an adult prison.
その少年犯罪者は成人刑務所の代わりに矯正院に送られた。
The reformatory focused on education and vocational training for its residents.
その矯正院は入所者への教育と職業訓練に重点を置いていた。
Conditions in the reformatory were harsh by modern standards.
その矯正院の環境は現代の基準からすると過酷なものだった。
reformatory の類義語・関連語
reformatory の語源・成り立ち Etymology
reformatory は reform＋-atory でできた語で、reform は古フランス語経由でラテン語 reformare（形を作り直す）にさかのぼります。re-「再び」＋form「形」から「人を立て直す場所」となり、reform や formation と同じ form の感覚が見えます。
Reformatory comes from reform with the suffix -atory. Reform came through Old French from Latin reformare, meaning "to form again," from re- "again" and formare "to shape." The word developed the sense of a place meant to reshape or improve people. It is related to reform and formation.
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