依存する
解説 Definition
relies は rely(依存する、頼る)の三人称単数現在形です。人や物、仕組みなどに支えられて成り立つことを表し、relies on の形でよく使われます。
The third-person singular present form of rely, meaning that a person, organization, object, or system depends on someone or something for help, support, resources, or successful operation.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 rely の三人称単数現在形。子音字+yで終わるため y を i に替えて -es を付け、relies となる。発音は /rɪˈlaɪz/ で、語尾は「ズ」。主語が she、this town、the app など単数のとき、relies on 人・物・仕組み「~に頼る/依存する」と覚える。
Relies is the third-person singular present form of rely. Because rely ends in a consonant plus y, the y changes to i before -es: rely becomes relies. It is pronounced /rɪˈlaɪz/, with a final /z/ sound. Connect it with the common pattern relies on: “She relies on her sister,” “The town relies on fishing,” or “The app relies on the internet.” These examples share one core image—someone or something cannot function as well without a particular source of support.
例文
She relies on her sister for help.
彼女は助けが必要なとき、姉に頼っています。
This town relies on fishing.
この町は漁業に依存しています。
The app relies on a fast internet connection.
そのアプリは高速なインターネット接続に依存しています。
relies の類義語・関連語
relies の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古フランス語 relier(再び結びつける)から。re-(再び)+lier(縛る、ラテン語 ligare)の構成で、「自分を何かに結びつけ直す」→「頼る・依存する」へ意味が変化した。関連語: reliable(信頼できる)、ligament(靭帯)。
Relies is the inflected form of rely used with a third-person singular subject in the present tense. Rely entered English through Old French relier, meaning “to bind or fasten,” ultimately from Latin religare, formed from re- and ligare, “to bind.” The idea of being bound or connected to something developed into the modern sense of depending on it. Related English formations include reliable and reliability.
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