salutary
有益な
解説 Definition
健康や改善に役立つさま。良い効果をもたらす有益な影響を指す。
Salutary means producing a good, helpful, or improving effect. It is often used in formal English to describe an experience, change, or lesson that benefits someone. The word can describe something that is useful in the long term, even if it is difficult at first.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
salutary は「体や社会にとってためになる」という、beneficial より少し硬めの語として覚えると残りやすい。useful が実用的に役立つ、helpful が助けになる、salutary は健康面・道徳面・制度面で“良い方向に正す”感じ。health, policy, reform などの文脈で出やすく、a salutary lesson / effect / warning が頻出。単に気分が良いのではなく、痛みや反省を伴っても結果として健全化につながるニュアンスがある。
`Salutary` is a formal word, so remember it as a more serious cousin of `helpful` or `beneficial`. It often appears in fixed phrases like `a salutary lesson` or `a salutary effect`. The word is common when something improves people, systems, or behavior, even if the experience is not pleasant.
例文
The failure served as a salutary reminder of the importance of thorough preparation.
その失敗は、十分な準備の大切さを思い出させる有益な教訓となりました。
The new regulations have had a salutary effect on workplace safety standards.
新しい規制は、職場の安全基準に有益な効果をもたらしました。
Traveling abroad can be a salutary experience that broadens one's perspective.
海外旅行は視野を広げる有益な経験になり得ます。
salutary の類義語・関連語
salutary の語源・成り立ち Etymology
salutary はラテン語 salutaris「健康によい、安全をもたらす」に由来し、語根は salus「健康・無事」。接尾辞 -ary を伴い、「状態をよく保つもの」から「有益な」という意味になった。関連語に salute, salutation。
"Salutary" comes from Latin "salutaris," meaning healthy or beneficial, from "salus" meaning health or safety. It entered English with the idea of something that supports well-being or sound condition. Over time, the meaning widened from physical health to anything generally beneficial. It is related to "salute" and "salutation."
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