speakership
議長職
解説 Definition
議会の議長の地位や職務。下院議長などの重要なポストを指します。
Speakership is the position or role of a speaker, especially the person who leads a legislative assembly such as a parliament or congress. It is used mainly in politics and government. The word refers both to the office itself and to the period when someone holds that office.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
speaker が「話す人」だけでなく議会では「議長」を指すと押さえると楽です。そこに leadership, membership, ownership と同じ -ship が付くので、「人」ではなく「地位・役職」の名詞だと見抜けます。the speakership は「議長というポスト」全体を指し、speaker はその本人。win the speakership, assume the speakership, race for the speakership の形でまとめて覚えると、選挙や指名で争われる重要職というイメージが固定されます。
Start with `speaker`, which in politics can mean the head of a legislative body, not just a person who talks. Then notice `-ship`, the same ending as in `leadership` or `ownership`, which often shows a role or position. So `speakership` means the office or post itself, as in `win the speakership`.
例文
The speakership is a prestigious position.
議長職は権威ある地位です。
He ran for the speakership of the House.
彼は下院議長職に立候補しました。
Speakership duties include managing debates.
議長の職務には討論の進行管理が含まれます。
speakership の類義語・関連語
speakership の語源・成り立ち Etymology
speakership は speaker + -ship「地位・役目」で、speaker は speak「話す」、-ship は古英語 -scipe に由来します。もとは「話す役目」で、議会では発言をまとめる職へ絞られて「議長職」になりました。同根語に speech、bespeak があります。
Speakership is built from speaker and the suffix -ship, which means a state, role, or office. Speaker comes from speak, and -ship comes from Old English -scipe. The idea began as the role of a person who speaks, then became more specific in politics as the office of a parliamentary leader. It is related to speech and bespeak.
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