reporters
記者
解説 Definition
reporters は reporter（記者、報道する人）の複数形です。新聞、テレビ、ウェブメディアなどで取材してニュースを伝える人たちを指します。
Reporters are people whose job is to gather information and prepare or present news for newspapers, television, radio, websites, or other media. The form is the plural of reporter and therefore refers to more than one such person.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
reporters は reporter「記者」の複数形で、語尾に -s を付けます。直前が有声音 /r/ なので複数語尾は /z/ と発音します。report「報告する」＋人を表す -er ＋複数の -s と分解し、reporters asked questions、reporters covered the story のような取材場面で覚えましょう。
Break reporters into report + -er + -s: a reporter is a person who reports news, and reporters means more than one. Because reporter ends in a voiced /r/ sound, the plural ending is pronounced /z/, not /s/. Picture several journalists waiting outside a building, asking questions, or covering a local event. Common combinations include news reporters, television reporters, reporters asked questions, and reporters covered the story. Always return to the singular reporter when checking the spelling and meaning.
例文
The reporters waited outside the building.
記者たちは建物の外で待っていました。
Several reporters asked questions after the meeting.
会議のあと、数人の記者が質問しました。
Reporters covered the local festival for the evening news.
記者たちは夕方のニュースのために地元の祭りを取材しました。
reporters の類義語・関連語
reporters の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 reportare（持ち帰る）から。re-（戻す）+ portare（運ぶ）で「情報を持ち帰る人」が原義。古フランス語 reporter を経て英語に入った。関連語: report（報告）、transport（輸送）。ニュースを「運び戻す」役割の人が記者となった。
Reporters is the regular plural of reporter, formed by adding -s. Reporter comes from the verb report plus the agent suffix -er, literally identifying a person who reports. Report entered English through Old French from Latin reportare, formed from re-, “back,” and portare, “to carry.” The older idea of carrying information back developed into giving an account, and reporter became an established term for a person who gathers and communicates news.
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