復帰者
解説 Definition
returner は、しばらく離れていた場所や活動、職場、学業などに戻る人、復帰者を表します。スポーツでは返球などを担当する選手を指すこともあります。
A person who returns to a place, activity, job, or course of study after being away, often following a substantial break. In some sports, the word can also refer to a player whose role is to return a kick, serve, or other play.
使い方 Usage
- 復帰先は a returner to university や a returner to the workplace のように to で示します。 Use to to identify where someone returns: a returner to university or a returner to the workplace.
- 研修や支援の対象を表すときは、training for returners のように for を使います。 Use for when returners are the recipients of training or support, as in training for returners.
使い分け Common distinctions
- スポーツでは返球などを担当する選手も指します。職場や学校への復帰者かどうかは文脈で判断します。 In sports, returner can also mean a player who returns a kick, serve, or ball. Context distinguishes this from someone returning to work or study.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
return「戻る」+人を表す -er で「戻る人」。長い離職期間を経て職場へ戻る人や、大学で学び直す人を思い浮かべましょう。
Think of return plus the person-forming suffix -er: someone who returns. Picture an employee returning after a career break or an adult resuming university studies.
例文
The company offers training for every returner after a long career break.
その会社は、長い離職期間を経た復帰者一人ひとりに研修を提供しています。
As a returner to university, she needed time to adjust to student life again.
大学への復帰者として、彼女は学生生活に再び慣れるまで時間が必要でした。
returner の類義語・関連語
returner の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古フランス語retourner(戻る)に行為者を示す接尾辞-erが付いた語。re-(再び)+tourner(回る、向く)が語根で「元の場所に戻る人」の意。関連語にreturn(帰還)、tour(周遊)がある。
Returner is formed from return and the agent suffix -er, which identifies a person who performs an action. Return entered English from Old French retourner, combining re-, “back” or “again,” with tourner, “to turn.” The resulting literal idea is someone who turns back or comes back. Its specialized sports uses developed naturally from the action of sending a ball or kick back.
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