英単語

projectの意味・使い方・発音

project

英 ['prɒdʒekt] 美 [ˈprɔdʒɛkt]
  • vi.設計する;計画する;表現する;計画する
  • vt.設計する;計画する;着手する;計画する
  • n. プロジェクト;プログラム;事業

語源


project projection, projection, projection, prediction, planning, programme, engineering.

pro-「前方へ、向かって」、-ject「投げる、投げつける」から、語源的にはabject「推測」と同じ。

英語の語源


project (n.)
c. 1400, "a plan, draft, scheme," from Latin proiectum "something thrown forth," noun use of neuter of proiectus, past participle of proicere "stretch out, throw forth," from pro- "forward" (see pro-) + combining form of iacere (past participle iactus) "to throw" (see jet (v.)).

Meaning "scheme, proposal, mental plan" is from c. 1600. Meaning "group of low-rent apartment buildings" first recorded 1935, American English, short for housing project (1932). Related: Projects. Project manager attested from 1913.
project (v.)
late 15c., "to plan," from Latin proiectus, past participle of proicere (see project (n.)). Sense of "to stick out" is from 1718. Meaning "to cast an image on a screen" is recorded from 1865. Psychoanalytical sense, "attribute to another (unconsciously)" is from 1895 (implied in a use of projective). Meaning "convey to others by one's manner" is recorded by 1955. Related: Projected; projecting.

例文


1. A former associate of Mr.Pierce 's was among the project 's boosters.
ピアース氏の元パートナーは、このプログラムの熱心な支持者の一人です。

2.The total cost of the project would be more than$240 million.
このプロジェクトの総コストは2億4000万ドルを超えます。

3.The Channel Tunnel project is the biggest civil engineering project in Europe.
イギリス海峡トンネルはヨーロッパ最大の土木工事である。

4.The Ariane space-rocket project has had a shining success.
アリアン宇宙ロケットプロジェクトは輝かしい成功を収めた。

5.The banks have the power to pull the plug on the project .
銀行はこの工事を中止する能力がある。

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