succor
援助
解説 Definition
困難な状況での援助や支援。特に苦難や危険の時期に与えられる救済や助け。
Succor means help or support given to someone who is suffering or in a difficult situation. It is a formal or literary word, often used for emotional, practical, or emergency aid. In everyday English, words like "help" or "relief" are more common.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
help や aid より硬く、苦難のただ中にいる人へ差し伸べる「救いの手」と覚えると定着しやすい語。災害・戦争・飢えの文脈で provide/offers succor, seek succor の形で出やすい。support よりも緊急性と切迫感が強いのがポイント。つづりや音が似る sucker と混同しないこと。succor は「だます人」でなく、suffering people への援助を表す。
Remember `succor` as a more serious, formal kind of help. It often appears in crisis contexts, in phrases like `offer succor` or `seek succor`. Compared with `help` or `support`, it sounds more urgent and emotional. Be careful not to mix it up with `sucker`, which is completely different.
例文
The charity provides succor to homeless families during winter.
その慈善団体は冬の間、ホームレスの家族に援助を提供する。
She sought succor from her friends when facing personal crisis.
彼女は個人的な危機に直面した時、友人から援助を求めた。
The organization brought succor and hope to disaster victims.
その組織は災害被害者に援助と希望をもたらした。
succor の類義語・関連語
succor の語源・成り立ち Etymology
「succor」はラテン語 succurrere「助けに駆けつける」が古フランス語を経て入った語で、sub-「近くへ」+ currere「走る」に分けられます。current や occur と同じ curr- を持ち、「困っている人のもとへ走って行くこと」がそのまま「援助」になった語です。
"Succor" came into English through Old French from Latin "succurrere," meaning "to run to help." It is made from "sub-" in the sense of moving toward, and "currere," meaning "to run," a root also seen in "current" and "occur." The original picture was of someone rushing to another person's side, and that became the idea of aid or relief.
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