英単語

commentatorの意味・使い方・発音

commentator

英 ['kɒmənteɪtə] 美 ['kɑmən'tetɚ]
  • n.コメンテーター、解説者;実況アナウンサー;時事問題の解説者

英語の語源


commentator (n.)
late 14c., "writer of commentaries," agent noun in Latin form from comment or commentary (Latin commentator meant "inventor, author"). Middle English also had a noun commentate, attested from early 15c. Meaning "writer of notes or expository comments" is from 1640s; sense of "one who gives commentary" (originally in sports) is from 1928.
"Well, Jem, what is a commentator?["]--"Why," was Jem's reply, "I suppose it must be the commonest of all taturs." ["Smart Sayings of Bright Children," collected by Howard Paul, 1886]

例文


1. A.M.Babu is a commentator on African affairs.A.M.
バブはアフリカ事務評論家である。

<dl><dt>2.They 're so lacking in confidence in the attraction of the games they televise that they feel they have to hype up with some hysterical commentator in order to get anyone to watch them.
彼らはテレビで試合を放送する魅力に自信がなさすぎて、視聴者を誘致するためには、無粋な説明員を使って実況放送をしなければならないと感じている。

3.Virtually every serious commentator agrees that major reform within Third World education is long overdue.
事実、どのまじめな評論家も第三世界の教育はとっくに重大な改革を実行すべきだと考えている。

4.The fifth-century commentator Proclus was very explicit about his objection to the parallel axiom.
第5世紀評論家Proclusは平行公理に非常に明らかに反対した。

5.He is a good commentator because he can get across the game.
彼はこの試合を簡単に解説することができて、良い解説者です。

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