賞金
解説 Definition
winnings は、競技・くじ・賭け事などで勝って得た賞金やお金を指す複数形の名詞です。獲得した金額をまとめて表すときによく使います。
Money or prizes obtained by winning a competition, lottery, or bet. The plural form commonly refers collectively to the total amount that a person or team has won.
使い方 Usage
- donate one's winnings は「賞金を寄付する」、share the winnings は「賞金を分ける」。誰の賞金かを所有格で示せます。 Donate one's winnings means giving the money won to a cause; share the winnings means dividing it. A possessive can identify whose winnings they are.
- winnings を主語にすると複数形に対応する動詞を使います。The team's winnings were shared. が一例です。 Winnings takes plural verb agreement when it is the subject, as in The team's winnings were shared.
使い分け Common distinctions
- earnings は通常、仕事などから得る収入。winnings は競技・くじ・賭け事などで勝って得るお金を指します。 Earnings usually refers to income from work. Winnings refers to money obtained by winning a competition, lottery, game, or bet.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
win「勝つ・勝ち取る」と結び付け、勝者が獲得した賞金を思い浮かべます。語尾は -ings で、金額をまとめて指す場合も複数形として覚えます。
Connect winnings with win and picture the money a winner receives. Remember the ending -ings: the noun is plural even when it refers collectively to an amount won.
例文
She donated her winnings to the local library.
彼女は賞金を地元の図書館に寄付しました。
The team's winnings were shared among the players.
チームの賞金は選手たちで分けられました。
He saved most of his winnings for future travel.
彼は賞金の大半を将来の旅行のために貯金しました。
winnings の類義語・関連語
winnings の語源・成り立ち Etymology
winnings は win「勝ち取る」＋-ing＋-s で、「勝って得たものたち」から「賞金・取り分」の意味になりました。win は古英語 winnan「努力して得る・争って勝つ」に由来し、単なる幸運ではなく labor の末の獲得という感覚が残る語です。
Winnings is formed from win, the noun-forming ending -ing, and plural -s. It originally referred broadly to things gained or acquired and developed its modern financial sense of money or prizes obtained through victory, gambling, or a lottery. Win comes from Old English winnan, meaning “to strive, labor, or gain by effort,” which helps explain the underlying idea of obtaining something through a successful struggle.
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