英単語

completeの意味・使い方・発音

complete

英 [kəm'pliːt] 美 [kəm'plit]
  • adj. 完全に、完全に、徹底的に
  • 完全な

語源


complete 完全な

com-、強調する。-ple、満たされた、いっぱいの、語源的にはfull、fulfilと同じ。

英語の語源


complete
complete: [14] Complete first reached English as an adjective, either via Old French complet or direct from Latin complētus. This was the past participle of complēre ‘fill up, finish’, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix com- and plēre ‘fill’, a word related to Latin plēnus ‘full’ (whence plenary, plenitude, plenty, etc) and indeed to English full.

The verb complēre itself came into Old French as the now obsolete complir (complete as a verb is a later formation from the adjective), and was prefixed with a- to produce accomplir. From its stem accompliss- English got accomplish [14].

=> accomplish, compliment, comply, expletive, plenary, plenty
complete (adj.)
late 14c., from Old French complet "full," or directly from Latin completus, past participle of complere "to fill up, complete the number of (a legion, etc.)," transferred to "to fill, to fulfill, to finish (a task)," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + plere "to fill" (see pleio-).
complete (v.)
late 14c.; see complete (adj.). Related: Completed; completing.

例文


1. It 'll be two years before the process is complete .
このプロセスを完了するには2年かかります。

2.Michael was given a complete going-over and then treated for glandular fever.
マイケルは人間ドックを受け、その後、腺熱治療を行った。

3.Telling a complete stranger about your life is difficult.
見知らぬ人に自分の生活経験を話すのは難しい。

4.The boy 's room is a complete contrast to the guest room.
この男の子の部屋は客室とは全く違います。

5.His six-year transition programme has by no means been a complete failure.
彼の6年間のモデルチェンジ計画は完全に失敗していない。

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