withstood
耐えた
解説 Definition
withstood は withstand（耐える、持ちこたえる）の過去形・過去分詞で、「耐えた」「持ちこたえた」という意味です。圧力、攻撃、悪天候、試練などに負けずに残ったり続いたりしたことを表します。
Withstood is the past tense and past participle of withstand. It means that someone or something successfully resisted pressure, force, attack, severe weather, or another damaging influence without giving way, failing, or being destroyed.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
withstood は withstand「耐える」の過去形・過去分詞。stand→stood と同じ母音変化で、-ed は付けない。発音は /wɪðˈstʊd/ が基本で、末尾は food でなく good の /ʊd/。withstood pressure、withstood the storm のように、圧力や攻撃に向かって立ち続けた場面で覚える。
Link withstood directly to withstand. Just as the past tense of stand is stood, withstand changes internally to withstood instead of adding -ed. Its usual pronunciation is /wɪðˈstʊd/, with the same /ʊd/ sound as stood or good, not the vowel in food. Imagine a bridge remaining firm in heavy rain or a team resisting pressure: it stood against the force and therefore withstood it. Common patterns include withstood the storm, withstood pressure, and has withstood years of use.
例文
The old bridge withstood the heavy rain.
その古い橋は大雨に耐えました。
The team withstood strong pressure in the final minutes.
チームは最後の数分間、強い圧力に耐えました。
The building withstood the storm better than expected.
その建物は予想以上に嵐に持ちこたえました。
withstood の類義語・関連語
withstood の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 withstandan にさかのぼり、with- はここでは「共に」でなく「逆らって」、stand は「立つ」です。文字どおり「向かって立つ」から「持ちこたえる」となり、過去形が withstood。関連語は stand, standard。
Withstood is the inherited past-tense and past-participle form of withstand, from Old English withstandan. In this compound, with historically carries the sense “against,” while stand contributes the image of remaining upright or firm. The literal idea “stand against” developed naturally into “resist” or “endure.” Its vowel change follows the same strong-verb pattern seen in stand and stood, rather than the regular -ed pattern.
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