意味一覧 (2件)
使い切る
解説 Definition
資源や材料などを全部使い切って無くすこと。
To use up means to use all of something so that nothing is left. It is common with things like time, money, food, energy, or supplies. It often suggests that the amount was limited.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
use up は、限られた紙・貯金・お湯・材料などを最後まで使って残さない場面で覚えるとよいです。use は「使う」、up は「すっかり、完了まで」の感覚を加えます。use up all the paper, use up her savings, use up the hot water のように all とよく結びつき、「手元の量を全部使ってゼロに近づける」動作に注目します。
`Use` is simple, and `up` adds the idea of completely or to the limit. So `use up` means using all of something until nothing is left. It often appears with `all`, as in `use up all the paper` or `use up all the hot water`.
例文
We've used up all the printer paper; someone needs to buy more.
プリンター用紙を全部使い切ってしまったので、誰かが買い足す必要がある。
She used up all her savings during the trip abroad.
彼女は海外旅行で貯金をすべて使い切った。
Don't use up all the hot water; other people need to shower too.
お湯を全部使い切らないで。他の人もシャワーを浴びる必要がある。
消耗させる
(意味 2)解説 Definition
限りある資源・時間・体力などを使って、残りをほとんどなくすことを表します。特に energy, time, money, supplies など、量が減っていくものに使われ、結果として不足する感じが出ます。
Use up means to use something such as time, money, energy, or supplies until very little or nothing is left. It is often used for things that are limited and gradually decrease while you are using them. The phrase suggests that the amount becomes nearly exhausted, so there may not be enough left afterward.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
use は「使う」、up は句動詞で「最後まで・限界まで」の意味を加えることがあります。そこで use up は、単に使うだけでなく、電池・時間・お金・体力などが残らない状態まで減る感じです。consume はやや書き言葉で「消費する」、run out of は「なくなる」結果に焦点があります。use up は、誰かの使用行為が原因で量が減り切る点を意識すると覚えやすいです。
Think of use as "use" and up as adding the feeling of "completely" or "to the limit." So use up does not mean simply using something; it means using it until there is almost nothing left, like a battery, your time, your money, or your energy. Compare it with consume, which sounds more formal, and run out of, which focuses more on the result of having nothing left.
例文
We used up all the milk, so I need to buy more on the way home.
牛乳を全部使い切ってしまったので、帰りにもっと買う必要があります。
The long meeting used up most of my energy for the rest of the day.
その長い会議で、その日の残りに使える体力のほとんどを消耗させられた。
If we keep printing like this, we will use up our paper supply by Friday.
このまま印刷を続けると、金曜日までに紙の在庫を使い果たしてしまう。
use up の語源・成り立ち Etymology
use は古フランス語経由でラテン語 uti「使う」にさかのぼり、up は古英語で「上まで」。句動詞では「上限まで使う」感じが強まり、資源をきっちり使い切る意味になる。関連語は usage, utility。
`use` came through Old French from Latin *uti*, meaning "to make use of," and `up` comes from Old English, often giving the sense of completion or reaching the limit. In the phrasal verb, `up` strengthens the idea from simply using something to using all of it. That is why `use up` means consuming something completely. Related words include `usage` and `utility`.
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