英単語

sedentaryの意味・使い方・発音

sedentary

英 ['sed(ə)nt(ə)rɪ] 美 ['sɛdntɛri]
  • adj.座りがちな; 習慣的な; 座りがちな

語源


sedentary.

ラテン語のsedens「座る」、sedere「座る」の現在分詞、sit「座る」と語源は同じ。語源はsedentary, sedentaryなど。

英語の語源


sedentary
sedentary: see session
sedentary (adj.)
1590s, "remaining in one place," from Middle French sédentaire (16c.) and directly from Latin sedentarius "sitting, remaining in one place," from sedentem (nominative sedens), present participle of sedere "to sit; occupy an official seat, preside; sit still, remain; be fixed or settled," from PIE root *sed- (1) "to sit" (cognates: Sanskrit a-sadat "sat down," sidati "sits;" Old Persian hadis "abode;" Greek ezesthai "to sit," hedra "seat, chair, face of a geometric solid;" Old Irish suide "seat, sitting;" Welsh sedd "seat," eistedd "sitting;" Old Church Slavonic se?da, sedeti "to sit;" Lithuanian sedmi "to sit;" Russian sad "garden," Lithuanian soditi "to plant;" Gothic sitan, Old English sittan "to sit;" see sit). Of persons, the sense "not in the habit of exercise" is recorded from 1660s.

例文


1. I don 't think a sedentary life would altogether suit me.
長期的なデスクワークの生活は私には少しも向いていないと思います。

2.People in sedentary jobs need to take exercise.
仕事で長居する人は運動をする必要があります。

3.Bookkeeping is a sedentary occupation.
会計は座って仕事をする必要がある職業です。

4.Pigeons are sedentary birds.
鳩は定住する鳥である。

5. Sedentary habits often interfere with health.
長く座っても動かない習慣は体の健康に有害であることが多い。

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