subjugated
征服された
解説 Definition
subjugated は subjugate（征服する、支配下に置く）の過去形・過去分詞です。形容詞としては、力によって支配された状態を表します。
Brought under the control of a ruler, state, or other powerful group, typically through force, conquest, or severe oppression. As an adjective, it describes people, communities, cities, or regions that have been made politically or socially subordinate.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
subjugated は subjugate の過去分詞で、形容詞として「力で支配下に置かれた」を表します。sub-「下に」と、くびきを表すラテン語要素を意識し、「くびきの下に置かれた」像で覚えます。subjugate が /t/ で終わるため -ed は /ɪd/ と発音。subjugated city/people が典型です。
Subjugated is the past participle of subjugate and often functions as an adjective. Break the idea into sub-, “under,” and the historical image of a jugum, or yoke: subjugated people have been placed “under the yoke” of another power. Because subjugate ends in the /t/ sound, its -ed ending is pronounced /ɪd/, giving an extra syllable. Common combinations include subjugated city, subjugated population, and subjugated region. The word is stronger than governed because it normally suggests conquest, coercion, and lost freedom.
例文
The subjugated city was forced to follow the new ruler's laws.
征服された都市は、新しい支配者の法律に従わされました。
Many subjugated communities kept their local traditions alive.
征服された多くの共同体は、地域の伝統を守り続けました。
The historian studied how subjugated regions were governed after the war.
その歴史家は、戦後に征服された地域がどのように統治されたかを研究しました。
subjugated の類義語・関連語
類義語
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subjugated の語源・成り立ち Etymology
subjugated は subjugate の過去分詞で、中英語を経てラテン語 subjugare に由来します。sub-「下に」＋ jugum「くびき」＋ -ate で、本来は「くびきの下に置く」ことから「征服し服従させる」の意味になりました。関連語は yoke, conjugate。
Subjugated is formed from subjugate plus the past-participle ending -ed. Subjugate ultimately comes from Latin subjugare, built from sub- “under” and jugum “yoke,” with the literal idea of bringing someone under a yoke. That agricultural image developed into the political sense of conquering and forcing into submission. English yoke reflects a related ancient root, and conjugate also contains a historically related element meaning “join together,” though its modern uses differ.
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