英単語

learnの意味・使い方・発音

learn

英 [lɜːn] 美 [lɝn]
  • vt.学ぶ;知る;悟る
  • vi.学ぶ;知らされる

語源


学ぶ

PIE*leis(道、溝)が語源で、語源はlore(最後)と同じ。もともとは他人の道をたどることを意味し、learnの語源となった。

英語の語源


learn
learn: [OE] Learn comes from a prehistoric West Germanic *liznōjan, which also produced German lernen. This goes back ultimately to an Indo-European *leis- ‘track’, and so seems to carry the underlying notion of ‘gaining experience by following a track’. Very closely related are terms in various Germanic languages for ‘teach’ (German lehren, for instance, and Dutch leeren, Swedish l?ra, and Danish l?re – the last three also mean ‘learn’). English used to have such a verb for ‘teach’ too: lere. It had largely died out by the 19th century, but the related lore ‘knowledge’ [OE] survives.
=> last, lore
learn (v.)
Old English leornian "to get knowledge, be cultivated, study, read, think about," from Proto-Germanic *liznojan (cognates: Old Frisian lernia, Middle Dutch leeren, Dutch leren, Old High German lernen, German lernen "to learn," Gothic lais "I know"), with a base sense of "to follow or find the track," from PIE *leis- (1) "track, furrow." Related to German Gleis "track," and to Old English l?st "sole of the foot" (see last (n.)).

The transitive sense (He learned me how to read), now vulgar, was acceptable from c. 1200 until early 19c., from Old English l?ran "to teach" (cognates: Dutch leren, German lehren "to teach," literally "to make known;" see lore), and is preserved in past participle adjective learned "having knowledge gained by study." Related: Learning.

例文


1. No matter where you go in life or how old you get,there 's always something new to learn about.After all,life is full of surprises.
どこに住んでいても、あなたは何歳になっても、いつも新しいことを学ぶ必要があります。結局、生活はいつも驚きに満ちています。

毎日一言


2.Eventually,you 'll learn to cry that on the inside.
いつの日か、あなたは涙を心に流すことを学ぶことができます。

米ドラマ『破産姉妹』


3.Did you learn anything in your day,as a student?
学生時代に何か学びましたか?

4.The psychiatrist must learn to maintain an unusual degree of objectivity.
精神科医は、通常以上に客観的な態度を保つことを学ばなければならない。

5.I would have to learn ,little by little,to exist alone.
私はゆっくりと一人暮らしを学ばなければなりません。

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