identical
英 [aɪ'dentɪk(ə)l]
美 [aɪ'dɛntɪkl]
語源
同じラテン語のid「その、同じ」、-ent「形容詞接尾辞」から。identical から派生。
英語の語源
- identical (adj.)
- 1610s, as a term in logic, from Medieval Latin identicus "the same," from Late Latin identitas "identity, sameness," ultimately from comb. form of Latin idem "the same" (from id "it, that one;" see id) + demonstrative suffix -dem. General sense of "being the same or very similar" is from 1630s. Replaced Middle English idemptical (late 15c.), from Medieval Latin idemptitas "identity," from Latin idem. Related: Identically.
例文
- 1. The identical treatment of such dissimilar items is totally illogical.
- このような異なるものに対して全く論理的ではありません。
- 2.The two parties fought the last election on almost identical manifestos.
- 両政党はほぼ同じ選挙宣言で前回の選挙に出馬した。
- 3.A coral reef is built by the accretion of tiny, identical organisms.
- サンゴ礁は、多くの同じ微生物が堆積してできている。
- 4.Somewhere in the depths of the pine forest an identical sound reverberated.
- 松林の奥から音が響いてきた。/dd>
idl>- 5.a row of identical houses
- 全く同じ一軒家