refurbishments
改修
解説 Definition
建物やその他の構造物を修理して改善する工事。古い施設を現代的に改修して復旧させるプロセスです。
Refurbishments are improvements or repairs made to a building, room, machine, or other object so it becomes better or more modern. The word is often used in business, housing, and construction contexts. It usually refers to work that updates something old rather than creating something completely new.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
refurbishments は refurbish の名詞形で、まず re-「もう一度」と -ment(s)「行為・結果」の形を押さえると覚えやすいです。中心は refurbish で、古い建物や設備をただ repair するだけでなく、見た目や機能まで整えて“使いやすく新しく見せる”感覚があります。repair が故障修理寄り、renovation が大規模改装寄り、その中間で hotel refurbishments, office refurbishments のように「施設の改修工事一式」でよく出ます。複数形は個々の工事内容や改修案件のまとまりを指しやすい点も一緒に覚えると定着しやすいです。
Break it into `re-` + `furbish` + `-ments`. `Re-` means "again," and `-ments` often shows actions or results, so think of work that makes something usable and fresh again. It often appears in phrases like `hotel refurbishments` or `office refurbishments`, which helps you remember it as a set of improvement works, not just one small repair.
例文
The refurbishments of the old theater made it stunning.
古い劇場の改修はそれを素晴らしいものにしました。
The hotel underwent major refurbishments to improve guest comfort.
ホテルはゲストの快適さを向上させるために大規模な改修を受けました。
Budget constraints limited the refurbishments they could make.
予算の制約は彼らが行うことができる改修を制限しました。
refurbishments の類義語・関連語
refurbishments の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 re-（再び）+ 古フランス語 furbiss-（磨く、ドイツ語 furben「清める」由来）から。「再び磨き上げる→改修する」が原義。関連語: furbish（磨く）、refurbish（改装する）。建物や設備を新品同様に磨き直すイメージ。
Refurbishments comes from refurbish, built with re- "again" and furbish, an older word meaning "to polish" or "clean up." Furbish came into English from Old French, probably from a Germanic source. The meaning shifted from polishing something again to restoring or renewing it more generally. Related English words include furbish and refurbish.
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