英単語

restorationの意味・使い方・発音

restoration

英 [restə'reɪʃ(ə)n] 美 ['rɛstə'reʃən]
  • n. 修復; 復権; 王位の回復; 返還.

英語の語源


restoration (n.)
late 14c., "a means of healing or restoring health; renewing of something lost," from Old French restoration (Modern French restauration) and directly from Late Latin restorationem (nominative restoratio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin restaurare (see restore).

Mid-15c. as "the repairing of a building;" c. 1500 as "a restoring to a former state." With a capital R-, in reference to the reestablishment of the English monarchy under Charles II in 1660, from 1718. As a period in English theater, attested from 1898. In French history, it refers to 1814. An earlier word in this sense was restauration (late 14c.), from French.

例文


1. The restoration took almost 4000 man-hours over four years.
修復には4年かかり、4000時間近くかかります。

2.They were committed to the eventual restoration of a traditional monarchy.
彼らは伝統的な君主政体の最終的な回復に力を入れている。

3.His visit is expected to lead to the restoration of diplomatic relations.
人々は彼の訪問が外交関係を回復することを期待している。

4.He urged the restoration of hanging and flogging.
絞首刑と鞭打ち刑の回復を促した。

5.I specialized in the restoration of old houses.
私は古い家の改修を専門にしています。

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