strength
英 [streŋθ; streŋkθ]
美 [strɛŋθ]
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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