英単語

commentの意味・使い方・発音

comment

英 ['kɒment] 美 ['kɑmɛnt]
  • n. コメント;意見;批評
  • vi.コメントする;意見を述べる
  • vt.
  • n. (コメント)人名;(独)Comente;(仏)Comande

語源


comment コメント

com-、強調する。com-ment、考える、語源的にはmindと同じ。

英語の語源


comment
comment: [15] In Latin, a commentum was originally ‘something invented or devised’. It was derived from the verb comminiscī ‘devise, contrive by thought’, a compound formed from the prefix com- ‘with’ and a base *men- (this also produced Latin mens and mentiō, source respectively of English mental and mention). It was used in the 7th century by the Spanish theologian Isidore in the sense ‘interpretation, annotation’, and it was with that meaning rather than the original ‘contrivance’ that the word passed eventually into English.
=> mental, mention, mind
comment (n.)
late 14c., from Old French coment "commentary" or directly from Late Latin commentum "comment, interpretation," in classical Latin "invention, fabrication, fiction," neuter past participle of comminisci "to contrive, devise," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + base of meminisse "to remember," related to mens (genitive mentis) "mind" (see mind (n.)). The Latin word meaning "something invented" was taken by Isidore and other Christian theologians for "interpretation, annotation." No comment as a stock refusal to answer a journalist's question is first recorded 1950, from Truman's White House press secretary, Charles Ross.
comment (v.)
early 15c., from Middle French commenter (15c.), from Latin commentari, from commentum (see comment (n.)). Related: Commented; commenting.

例文


1. It was just a passing comment ,he didn 't go on about it.
それはただ持ってきたコメントで、彼は論述を続けなかった。

2.Over coffee,she lit a cigarette,her eyes daring him to comment .
コーヒーを飲む時、彼女はタバコに火をつけて、挑発的な目で彼を見て、彼も黙っていられないことを諒解した。

3.The offending comment was in fact a heckle from an audience member.
という失礼な言葉は、実際には観客の詰みである。

4.Mr Leach is on holiday and was not available for comment .
リーチさんは休暇を取っており、コメントするのは不便です。

5.He was vacationing and couldn 't be reached for comment .
彼は休暇中で、彼に連絡して意見を求めることができなかった。

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