resignations
辞任
解説 Definition
resignations は resignation（辞任、辞表）の複数形です。複数の人が職や役職を辞めること、または複数の辞表を指すときに使われます。
Resignations are instances of people formally leaving jobs or official positions, or the notices through which they announce that decision. The word is the plural of resignation and may refer to departures by several people or to multiple resignation letters.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
resignation（辞任・辞表）の複数形で、語尾に規則的に -s を付け、発音は /z/ です。resign「職を辞する」＋ -ation「行為・結果」と捉え、複数人の辞任や複数の辞表を several resignations、accept the resignations の形で覚えます。単数形には「諦めて受け入れる態度」の別義もありますが、ここでは職を辞める意味に限定します。
Resignations is the regular plural of resignation, made by adding -s; the final sound is /z/. Connect it directly with resign, “to formally leave a job or position,” and -ation, which names the act or its result. Use the plural when several officials leave or when multiple notices are submitted: announce two resignations, a wave of resignations, or accept the resignations. Resignation can also mean calm acceptance of an unpleasant situation, but the examples here concern offices, jobs, and formal notices of departure.
例文
The company announced two resignations today.
その会社は今日、二件の辞任を発表しました。
Several resignations followed the internal report.
内部報告書の後、いくつかの辞任が続きました。
The board accepted the resignations at the evening meeting.
取締役会は夜の会議でそれらの辞任を受理しました。
resignations の類義語・関連語
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resignations の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語の「resignare」に由来し、「re-（元に戻す）」「sign（署名する）」「-ation（行為）」から成ります。契約上の署名を白紙に戻す意味から転じ、自ら役職を放棄する「辞任」を指すようになりました。同語根に「assign（割り当てる）」があります。
Resignation is the noun related to resign, which came through French from Latin resignare. That Latin verb could mean “to unseal, cancel, or give up” and was formed from re- and signare, “to mark or sign,” itself based on signum, “sign.” In English, resign developed the sense of formally giving up an office or position, and -ation forms the corresponding action noun. Resignations is the regular plural, created by adding -s to resignation.
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