勝者
解説 Definition
競争や試合、争いなどに勝った人や集団を指す名詞。スポーツや選挙、ビジネスなど、あらゆる競争の文脈で使われる。単なる勝者だけでなく、困難を乗り越えて成功した人を指す比喩的な意味でも用いられる。
A winner is a person or team that finishes first in a game, race, competition, or election. The word is used when someone gets the best result and is officially successful.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
winner はまず動詞 win を知っていれば覚えやすいです。そこに「〜する人」を表す -er が付いた形なので、「勝つ人」だとそのまま取れます。セットで winning team, prize winner, clear winner などを覚えると定着しやすいです。champion は大会の王者、victor はやや硬く「勝利者」、winner は試合・選挙・抽選まで最も広く使える基本語。opposite の loser と対で押さえると混同しにくくなります。
Build it from `win` + `-er`. The ending `-er` often means "the person who does it," so a `winner` is the person who wins. It is a very wide everyday word, used in games, elections, and prizes, and it is easy to remember next to its opposite, `loser`.
例文
The winner gets a cup.
勝者はカップをもらう。
She is the winner today.
彼女が今日の勝者だ。
The winner smiles at us.
勝者は私たちにほほえむ。
winner の類義語・関連語
winner の語源・成り立ち Etymology
winner は win + -er の形で、-er は「…する人」を作る接尾辞です。win は古英語 winnan「努力する・争って得る」に由来し、win や winning に同じ語根があるので、winner には単なる勝者でなく「競って勝ち取った人」という響きが残ります。
"Winner" is made from "win" plus the suffix "-er," meaning "a person who does something." "Win" comes from Old English "winnan," which originally meant "to struggle, strive, or gain by fighting." That older sense still gives "winner" the feeling of someone who has gained success through effort; related forms include "winning."
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