solicited
求められた
解説 Definition
solicited は solicit（求める、依頼する）の過去形・過去分詞です。意見、助言、寄付、支援などが正式に求められたことを表します。
Solicited is the past-tense and past-participle form of solicit. It indicates that someone formally requested or actively sought something such as advice, feedback, support, contributions, or business from another person or group.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 solicit「正式に求める」に規則的な -ed が付き、solicited となった過去形・過去分詞です。語末が /t/ 音なので -ed は /ɪd/ と発音されます。solicit feedback、advice、donations の組み合わせを覚え、「相手に働きかけて意見・助言・寄付などを求めた／求められた」と捉えましょう。
Start with solicit, meaning to formally request or actively seek something, and add the regular past ending -ed. Because solicit ends in a /t/ sound, the ending is pronounced /ɪd/, giving solicited an extra syllable. Remember it through common combinations such as solicited feedback, solicited advice, and solicited donations. In active sentences, someone made the request; in passive sentences such as “comments were solicited,” the requested comments or information become the focus.
例文
The company solicited feedback from its customers.
その会社は顧客から意見を求めました。
She solicited advice before making the final decision.
彼女は最終決定を下す前に助言を求めました。
Comments were solicited from experts in the field.
その分野の専門家からコメントが求められました。
solicited の類義語・関連語
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solicited の語源・成り立ち Etymology
solicited は solicit「懇願する・求める」の過去分詞で、ラテン語 sollicitare にさかのぼります。これは「強く揺り動かす」が原義で、sollus「全体の」+ citare「動かす」から成り、「しきりに働きかけて求める」意味になりました。関連語は solicitous, incite。
Solicited is the regular past and past-participle form of solicit. Solicit entered English through French from Latin sollicitare, meaning to disturb, agitate, or urge. That verb is associated with sollicitus, conveying anxious concern or agitation, and traditionally analyzed through elements meaning “whole” and “move.” The sense developed from persistently stirring or urging someone to formally requesting something.
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