不当な扱いを受けた
解説 Definition
wronged は、不公平な扱いや害を受けたと感じている状態を表す形容詞です。単に損をしただけでなく、相手の行為が道徳的・法的に正しくないという含みがあります。
Treated unfairly, unjustly, or harmfully by another person or institution, especially in a way that violates a moral or legal right. The word may describe the injured party directly or the person’s feeling that an injustice has been committed.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
動詞 wrong「不当に扱う」に -ed が付いた過去分詞で、ここでは形容詞として「不当な扱いを受けた」を表し、語末は /d/ と発音します。a wronged employee や feel wronged の形で、単なる不満ではなく、道徳的・法的に権利を侵害された感覚と結び付けましょう。
Wronged is the past participle of the verb wrong, with -ed pronounced /d/, and it is often used as an adjective. Connect it with wrong as the opposite of morally or legally right: a wronged person has had something unjust done to them. Picture an employee whose work was credited to someone else or a family denied its rights. Common patterns are a wronged employee, the wronged party, and feel wronged. The word suggests injustice, not simply disappointment or bad luck.
例文
The wronged employee decided to speak to a lawyer.
不当な扱いを受けた従業員は弁護士に相談することにした。
She felt wronged when her work was credited to someone else.
自分の仕事が別の人の功績にされたとき、彼女は不当な扱いを受けたと感じた。
The court tried to compensate the wronged family.
裁判所は不当な扱いを受けた家族に補償しようとした。
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wronged の語源・成り立ち Etymology
動詞wrongに受動・完了の接尾辞-edが付いた形で、古英語の語根「wrang（曲がる）」に由来します。本来あるべき「正しい状態」から物理的・道徳的に捻じ曲げられたことが転じ、不当な扱いを受けたという意味に定着しています。同語根の関連語にawryやwryがあります。
Wronged is formed from the verb wrong plus the past-participle ending -ed. Wrong comes from Old English wrang, associated with what is crooked, incorrect, or unjust. English developed the verb wrong in the sense “to treat unjustly or injure.” Its past participle consequently describes someone who has received such treatment, either as an objective injustice or as a strongly felt grievance.
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