学部生
解説 Definition
undergraduates は undergraduate「学部生」の複数形で、大学で学士課程に在籍している学生たちを指します。
Students who are studying at a college or university for their first degree, usually a bachelor’s degree. The plural distinguishes a group of such students from graduate or postgraduate students pursuing advanced degrees.
使い方 Usage
- 複数名詞なので undergraduates are、undergraduates live の形にします。単数は an undergraduate です。 As a plural noun, it takes forms such as undergraduates are and undergraduates live. The singular is an undergraduate.
使い分け Common distinctions
- undergraduates は学部生、graduate students や postgraduates は大学院生を指します。 Undergraduates are students studying for a first degree; graduate students or postgraduates study for advanced degrees.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
under＋graduate から「最初の学位を取得する前の段階」を連想し、学部生と結び付けましょう。末尾の /t/ に複数の -s が付き、語末は /ts/ と発音します。
Use under + graduate as a cue for the stage before completing a first degree. The singular ends in /t/, so adding the plural -s produces the final sounds /ts/.
例文
The seminar is open to undergraduates in any department.
そのゼミはどの学部の学部生にも開かれています。
Many undergraduates live near the campus.
多くの学部生はキャンパスの近くに住んでいます。
The professor invited undergraduates to join the research project.
教授は学部生に研究プロジェクトへの参加を呼びかけました。
undergraduates の類義語・関連語
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undergraduates の語源・成り立ち Etymology
undergraduates は undergraduate の複数形で、under「下の・未満の」+ graduate「学位取得者」から成ります。graduate はラテン語 gradus「段・一歩」に由来し、まだ学位の段階に達していない人という構図なので「学部生」と腑に落ち、関連語に grade, gradual があります。
Undergraduates is the plural of undergraduate. The word combines under, indicating a lower or not-yet-completed stage, with graduate. Graduate ultimately comes from Latin gradus, meaning a step or degree, reflecting movement through stages of education. Historically, an undergraduate was a student who had not yet taken a university degree. The modern noun generally refers to someone enrolled in a bachelor’s or other first-degree program, and the final -s marks the plural.
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