synthetically
人工的に
解説 Definition
天然ではなく人工的・合成的な方法で。化学合成によって作られるさま。
Synthetically means in an artificial or man-made way, rather than naturally. It is often used for chemicals, materials, or processes created in a lab or factory. In technical contexts, it can also suggest that something is produced by combining parts in a planned way.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
synthetically は synthetic + -ally と見て、まず synthetic を natural の反対側に置くと覚えやすい。服の synthetic fibers なら「天然繊維ではなく合成繊維」、食品や化学では synthetically produced / synthetically made で「人工的に作られた」。synthesis を見たことがあれば「合成してできたもの」の仲間。naturally との対比で、自然に存在するのではなく、人が材料を組み合わせて作る場面を思い浮かべると定着する。
Build it from `synthetic` + `-ally`. `Synthetic` is easy to remember beside `natural`: one is made by people, the other exists naturally. So `synthetically` means "in an artificial, made way," as in `synthetically produced`.
例文
The perfume was synthetically created to smell like spring flowers.
香水は春の花のような香りにするために人工的に作られた。
Scientists often produce colors synthetically when rare pigments are too expensive.
希少な色素が高価なとき、科学者たちは色を人工的に作ることがよくある。
The cake was decorated with synthetically colored icing because natural dyes took too long.
天然の着色料だと時間がかかるので、ケーキは人工的に色づけされたアイシングで飾られていた。
synthetically の類義語・関連語
synthetically の語源・成り立ち Etymology
synthetically は synthetic＋-ally。synthetic はギリシャ語 synthetikos にさかのぼり、syn-「共に」＋thet-「置く」から成るので、素材を寄せ集めて作る感覚が「人工的に合成して」の意味になります。関連語は synthesis、thesis。
Synthetically comes from synthetic plus the adverb ending -ally. Synthetic goes back through Latin and French to Greek synthetikos, from syn- meaning "together" and a root meaning "put" or "place." The basic idea is putting parts together, which later developed into the sense of being made by combining materials artificially. Related words include synthesis and thesis.
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