underscored
下線付き
解説 Definition
underscored は、underscore（下線を引く、強調する）の過去形・過去分詞です。下線が引かれた状態を表すほか、要点が強調されたという意味でも使われます。
Underscored is the past-tense and past-participle form of underscore. It means that someone drew a line beneath text or, figuratively, emphasized the importance, seriousness, or truth of a point; as a modifier, it can mean “having a line underneath.”
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
underscored は underscore の過去形・過去分詞で、語尾は規則どおり -ed を加え、発音は /d/ です。under「下」＋ score「線を刻む」から「下線を引いた」、さらに比喩的に「重要性を強調した」と覚えます。例文の underscored word では過去分詞が形容詞的に「下線付きの」を表します。
Start with the base verb underscore and add the regular past-tense ending -ed; the ending is pronounced /d/ after the final /r/ sound. The word combines under with score in its older sense of making a line or mark. This gives the literal image of a word with a line drawn below it. From that visible emphasis comes the figurative meaning “made especially clear or important.” In an underscored word or underscored sentence, the past participle works like an adjective and means “marked with a line underneath.” In a sentence such as “The result underscored the risk,” it is an ordinary past-tense verb meaning “emphasized.”
例文
The underscored word is important for the answer.
下線付きの単語は答えにとって重要です。
Please copy the underscored sentence into your notebook.
下線付きの文をノートに写してください。
The teacher asked us to explain the underscored phrase.
先生は私たちに、下線付きの句を説明するよう求めました。
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underscored の語源・成り立ち Etymology
「under（下に）」＋「score（線を引く）」の複合語。scoreは古ノルド語skor（刻み目）に由来し、棒に切り込みを入れて数を記録する方法が原義。下に線を引いて強調する意味に発展した。関連語：score（得点）、underline（下線）。
Underscored is the regular past-tense and past-participle form of underscore, created by adding -ed. Underscore combines under with score in the sense “to mark or cut a line.” Score entered English from Old Norse skor, “notch” or “mark,” and was historically associated with recording quantities by cutting marks. Underscore first referred to drawing a line beneath written material and later developed the figurative sense of emphasizing a fact, point, or importance.
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