分科会
解説 Definition
大きな委員会の下に設置され、特定の問題や課題を扱う「分科会・小委員会」を表す複数形です。
Subcommittees are smaller groups formed within a larger committee to deal with specific tasks or topics. They are common in government, business, and organizations where work is divided among teams.
使い方 Usage
- form subcommittees で「分科会を設置する」。受け身では subcommittees were formed と表せます。 Form subcommittees means to establish these groups. In the passive, use subcommittees were formed.
- 分科会が本委員会に結果を報告する場合は、report their findings to the main committee と表せます。 Use report their findings to the main committee when subcommittees present their results to the larger committee.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
sub-（下位の）+ committee（委員会）で「親委員会の下にある小委員会」と覚えましょう。committee の二重の m・t を保ち、複数形は末尾に -s を付けます。
Combine sub- meaning under with committee: a smaller committee under a larger one. Keep the double m and double t in committee, then add -s for the plural subcommittees.
例文
Several subcommittees were formed to investigate different aspects of the budget crisis.
予算危機のさまざまな側面を調査するために、いくつかの分科会が設置された。
The subcommittees will report their findings to the main committee next month.
各分科会は来月、調査結果を本委員会に報告する予定だ。
subcommittees の類義語・関連語
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subcommittees の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 sub（下に）+ committere（委ねる）から成る committee に接頭辞 sub- を付けた語。committee は com-（共に）+ mittere（送る）に由来し、commit や mission と同根。「委員会の下部組織」という構造がそのまま語形に表れている。
Subcommittees is formed from sub- + committee. Committee is related to commit, from Latin committere, built from com- "together" and mittere "to send, entrust," while sub- adds the idea of being under or below. So the word literally shows a smaller body set under a main committee; related English words include commit and mission.
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