修復物
解説 Definition
restorations は restoration（修復、復元、修復物）の複数形です。建物、絵画、家具などを元の状態に近づけたものや、その修復作業を複数指すときに使います。
Restorations are repaired or reconstructed objects, buildings, or works of art that have been brought closer to an earlier condition. The plural can also refer to multiple processes or projects involving such repair or reconstruction.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
restorations は restoration の複数形で、語尾に -s を付け、発音は /z/ になります。re-「再び」と restore「元に戻す」を手掛かりに、博物館で複数の彫像や絵画が元の姿に近づけられ、並べて展示されている場面を思い浮かべましょう。修復作業にも修復された物にも使えます。
Restorations is the plural of restoration. Add -s, pronounced /z/ after the final voiced sound. Connect the word with restore, meaning “to return something to an earlier condition,” and with re-, meaning “again.” Imagine several repaired statues and paintings displayed together in a museum: each finished piece can be a restoration, while the work done on several objects can also be called restorations. This image helps you remember both the concrete sense, “restored objects,” and the activity sense, “multiple repair or reconstruction projects.”
例文
The museum displayed several restorations of ancient statues.
その博物館は古代彫像の修復物をいくつか展示しました。
These restorations show how the paintings may have looked centuries ago.
これらの修復物は、その絵が何世紀も前にどのように見えたかを示しています。
The city funded careful restorations of two historic bridges.
市は二つの歴史的な橋の丁寧な修復に資金を出しました。
restorations の類義語・関連語
対義語
restorations の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 restaurare（re-「再び」+ staurare「建てる、設置する」）が語源。古フランス語 restorer を経て英語に。store（蓄える）や instauration（刷新）と同根。「再び元の状態に建て直す」が原義で、修復・復元の意味に発展した。
Restoration entered English through Old French from Latin restauratio, based on restaurare, “to renew or rebuild.” The Latin verb is traditionally analyzed as re-, “again,” plus a base associated with establishing or setting up. Its central historical idea is bringing something back to a sound or former state. Restorations is simply the regular plural of restoration, with final -s pronounced /z/.
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