goal(ゴール)
要点ゴール、目標
意味
- ゴール,決勝点
- (ゴールに球を入れて得た)得点
- =goalkeeper
- 目標(aim),目的;目的地
例文
The amount donated still falls short of the goal.
募金はまだ目標額に達しない。
Happiness consists of working toward one's goals.
幸福は目標に向かって努力する事にある。
Let's just say that heading goal is impressive.
あのヘディングのゴールは技ありといったところだな。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English gol (“boundary, limit”), from Old English *gāl (“obstacle, barrier, marker”), from Proto-West Germanic *gailu, from Proto-Germanic *gailō (“crevice, gap”); compare the Old English's derivatives Old English gǣlan (“to hinder, delay”), and hyġegǣls (“hesitating, slow, sluggish”), hyġegǣlsa (“slow one, sluggish one”). Possibly cognate with Lithuanian gãlas (“end”), Latvian gals (“end”), Old Prussian gallan (“death”), Albanian ngalem (“to be limping, lame, paralyzed”), ngel (“to remain, linger, hesitate, get stuck”).