発表された
解説 Definition
unveiled は unveil（発表する、公表する）の過去形・過去分詞です。新しい製品や計画などが初めて公に発表されたことを表します。
Unveiled is the past tense and past participle of unveil. It means that someone presented a new product, plan, design, or similar item publicly for the first time, or that such an item was officially revealed.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
unveil「覆いを取り、公表する」に -ed が付いた過去形・過去分詞で、発音は /ʌnˈveɪld/。un-「外す」＋ veil「ベール」と分け、「秘密を覆う布を外して皆に見せる」場面を思い描く。unveiled a product／a plan was unveiled の能動・受動両方を覚える。
Unveiled is the -ed form of unveil and is pronounced /ʌnˈveɪld/. Break it into un-, expressing removal, and veil, a covering. Imagine taking a cloth away so that an object becomes visible to an audience; this physical picture supports the common figurative meaning “announced or presented publicly.” Learn both sentence patterns: a company unveiled a product, and a plan was unveiled. Compared with merely announced, unveiled often suggests a planned first public presentation of something new.
例文
The company unveiled a new phone today.
その会社は今日、新しい電話を発表しました。
A new plan was unveiled at the meeting.
会議で新しい計画が発表されました。
The school unveiled its new website last week.
その学校は先週、新しいウェブサイトを発表しました。
unveiled の類義語・関連語
unveiled の語源・成り立ち Etymology
unveiled は古英語系の un-「外す」+ veil「ベールで覆う」+ -ed。veil は古フランス語を経てラテン語 velare「覆う」、velum「覆い・帆」に由来し、文字どおり「覆いを取る」から「公にする・発表する」となり、関連語に reveal, veil があります。
Unveiled is formed from unveil plus the past-tense and past-participle ending -ed. Unveil combines un-, here indicating removal, with veil. Veil came through Old French from Latin vēlum, meaning a covering, cloth, curtain, or sail; the related Latin verb vēlāre meant “to cover.” Unveil first described removing a literal veil or covering. The transparent metaphor of making something visible then produced the modern sense “reveal or present publicly,” especially for products, plans, monuments, and designs.
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