代表者
解説 Definition
representatives は representative（代表者、代理人）の複数形です。会社、団体、地域などを代表して話したり行動したりする人たちを指します。
Representatives are people chosen or authorized to speak, act, or make decisions on behalf of a company, organization, community, or other group. The word is the plural form of representative and therefore refers to two or more such people.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
representatives は representative の規則的な複数形で、語末に -s を加えます。発音は /ˌreprɪˈzentətɪvz/ で、最後の -s は無声音 /s/ ではなく /z/ です。「組織を代表して speak for する複数の人」と場面ごと覚え、単数なら a representative に戻します。
Representatives is the regular plural of representative: add -s when two or more people speak or act for others. The final sound is /z/, not /s/, because it follows the voiced sound in representative. Build the memory around the common pattern representatives of a company or representatives from several regions, and connect it with speak for or act on behalf of. If only one person is involved, return to a representative. The idea of representing someone else also links the noun naturally with represent and representation.
例文
The representatives met in the hall.
代表者たちはホールで会いました。
Two representatives spoke for the team.
2人の代表者がチームを代表して話しました。
The company sent representatives to the meeting.
その会社は会議に代表者を送りました。
representatives の類義語・関連語
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representatives の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 repraesentare（re-「再び」+ praesentare「示す」）が語源で、「他者の代わりに存在を示す人」の意。接尾辞 -ative で「～する性質の人」、-s で複数形。同根語に present（提示する）、presentation がある。代理で「そこにいる」人が代表者。
Representatives is formed from representative plus the regular plural ending -s. Representative ultimately belongs to the family of Latin repraesentare, meaning to present, display, or make present, from re- and praesentare. In English, a representative is someone who makes another person’s or group’s position present by speaking or acting for them. The ending -s marks more than one representative and is pronounced /z/ here.
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