rejected
拒否されました
解説 Definition
rejected は reject（拒否する、受け入れない）の過去形・過去分詞です。申し込みや提案などが受け入れられなかったことを表し、受け身でよく使われます。
Rejected is the past-tense and past-participle form of reject. It describes an idea, request, application, offer, or person that someone did not accept, approve, or consider suitable, and it frequently appears in passive constructions.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 reject「拒否する」に規則変化の -ed が付いた過去形・過去分詞。語末 /t/ の後なので -ed は /ɪd/ と発音し、rejected は /rɪˈdʒektɪd/。「application was rejected」「reject an offer」の形で、審査や提案が受け入れられず突き返される場面を覚える。
Start with reject, meaning “refuse to accept or approve,” and add the regular past ending -ed. Because the base ends in the /t/ sound, -ed is pronounced /ɪd/: rejected is /rɪˈdʒektɪd/. Imagine an application being examined and then sent back with “not approved” stamped on it. This fits common patterns such as an application was rejected, a proposal was rejected, and she rejected the offer. Refused is close in meaning, but rejected often suggests a decision after evaluation, especially for applications, proposals, submissions, and candidates.
例文
My idea was rejected by the group.
私の案はグループに却下されました。
The application was rejected yesterday.
その申請は昨日拒否されました。
He rejected the offer politely.
彼はその申し出を丁寧に断りました。
rejected の類義語・関連語
rejected の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 reicere（投げ返す）から。re-（後ろへ）+ jacere（投げる）の組み合わせ。関連語: inject（注入する）、project（投影する）。「投げ返す→受け入れを拒む」という意味変化で、提案や申請を突き返すイメージが語源に直結している。
Rejected consists of reject and the regular past or past-participle suffix -ed. Reject comes through Latin reicere, “to throw back,” built from re-, “back,” and iacere, “to throw.” The literal image of throwing something back developed into the sense of refusing to accept or approve it. Related words such as inject and project contain forms of the same Latin root associated with throwing or casting.
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