英単語

strengthの意味・使い方・発音

strength

英 [streŋθ; streŋkθ] 美 [strɛŋθ]
  • n. 力;パワー;腕力;強み

語源


strength 強さ、激しさ、勇気、意志、優位性

strong、強い、強力な、-th、名詞接尾辞から。関連語から派生。

英語の語源


strength
strength: [OE] Strength is of course closely related to strong. It was formed in prehistoric Germanic (as *stranggithō) from the ancestor of modern English strong. The verb strengthen was coined from it in the 13th century.
=> string, strong
strength (n.)
Old English strengtu, strenge "bodily power, force, vigor, firmness, fortitude, manhood, violence, moral resistance," from Proto-Germanic *strangitho (cognates: Old High German strengida "strength"), from PIE *strenk- "tight, narrow" (see string (n.)), with Proto-Germanic abstract noun suffix *-itho (see -th (2)). Compare length/long. From the same root as strong,

例文


1. The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt.
心の奥底からあらゆる苦しみに耐えられる強い力を見つけると、あなたの成長過程は飛躍します。

毎日一言


2.I didn 't know Ron had that much strength of character.
私はロンがそんなに強い個性を持っていることを知らなかった。

3.Torn muscles retract,and lose strength ,structure,and tightness.
引き裂かれた筋肉は収縮し、元の力、構造、締付度を失う。

4.The drop was caused partly by the pound 's strength against the dollar.
下落の原因の一部は、ポンドの対ドル切り上げにある。

5.A decade later,the company has gone from strength to strength .
10年後、同社は徐々に成長している。

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