reserved
予約済み
解説 Definition
reserved は reserve（予約する、取っておく）の過去形・過去分詞で、予約済みの、確保されたという意味です。席や部屋、チケットなどが他の人のために取ってある状態を表します。
Reserved describes a seat, room, table, ticket, or other resource that has been set aside for a particular person, group, purpose, or time and is therefore not freely available to others.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 reserve に -d を付けた過去分詞で、-ed は /d/ と発音します。ここでは性格の「控えめな」ではなく、席や部屋を「後で使う人のために取っておく」意味です。be reserved for guests、a reserved table、reserved sign を一組で覚え、available「利用可能な」と反対の状態だと整理しましょう。
Reserved is the past participle of reserve, formed by adding -d, which is pronounced /d/. For this sense, imagine a table marked with a Reserved sign: it has been kept for a particular customer and is not available to everyone else. Learn the pattern be reserved for a person or purpose, as in seats reserved for guests. Be careful that reserved can also describe a quiet person who does not readily express feelings, but signs, bookings, tables, rooms, and tickets point to the “set aside” meaning.
例文
This table is reserved for six o'clock.
このテーブルは6時に予約済みです。
The front seats are reserved for guests.
前の席は来客用に確保されています。
I saw a reserved sign on the door.
ドアに予約済みの表示があるのを見ました。
reserved の類義語・関連語
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reserved の語源・成り立ち Etymology
reserved は reserve の過去分詞形で、古フランス語 reserver、さらにラテン語 reservare にさかのぼる。re-「後ろへ」＋ servare「保つ」が核で、preserve や conserve も同根。つまり「取っておく」から「予約済み」の意味になった。
Reserved is the past-participle form of reserve. Reserve came through Old French reserver from Latin reservare, formed from re-, conveying “back,” and servare, “to keep or preserve.” Its central historical idea is keeping something back instead of allowing immediate general use. This readily developed into the modern booking sense: a seat, room, or table is kept available for a specified person, group, purpose, or time.
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