martyr: [OE] Etymologically, a martyr is a ‘witness’ – that was the original meaning of Greek mártur, which came ultimately from Indo-European *mer ‘remember’ (source of English memory, mourn, remember, etc). In Christian usage, the notion of someone dying as a ‘witness’ to their faith led to the application of mártur to ‘martyr’, and it was in this sense that it passed via Latin martyr into Old English. => memory, mourn, remember
martyr (n.)
Old English martyr, from Late Latin martyr, from Doric Greek martyr, earlier martys (genitive martyros), in Christian use "martyr," literally "witness," probably related to mermera "care, trouble," from mermairein "be anxious or thoughtful," from PIE *(s)mrtu- (cognates: Sanskrit smarati "remember," Latin memor "mindful;" see memory).
Adopted directly into most Germanic languages, but Norse substituted native formation pislarvattr, literally "torture-witness." General sense of "constant sufferer" is from 1550s. Martyr complex "exaggerated desire for self-sacrifice" is attested from 1920.
martyr (v.)
Old English martyrian, from martyr (see martyr (n.)). Middle English also had a verb martyrize.
例文
1. ジェニファー?レスポンドwith anger and played the martyr role.
ジェニファーは怒りの反応を示し、苦汁をなめ始めた。
2.The dead student is now being regarded as a martyr .
この亡くなった学生は現在烈士とされている。
3.Ellsworth was a martyr to his sense of honour and responsibility.
エルスワースは自分の栄誉感と責任感に深く疲れている。
4.When are you going to quit acting like a martyr ？
あなたはいつまで哀れな顔をしないことができますか？
5.The martyr laid down his life for the cause of national independence.