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mend

/mɛnd/ 標準 頻度 5343位

要点直す、改める

意味

  1. …を直す,修繕する
  2. 〈行い・誤りなど〉を改める,改善する
  3. (繕って)元通りになる
  4. 〈病人・けがなどが〉快方に向かう
  5. 修繕箇所
  6. かがった部分

例文

語源

amend(改める)の頭のaが落ちた形。悪いところを改めてよくする壊れた物を「直す」、行いを「改める」。

英語の原文(Wiktionary)

From Middle English menden (“to cure; to do good to, benefit; to do or make better, improve; to get better, recover; to keep in a good state; to put right, amend; to reform, repent”), the aphetic form of amenden (“to alter, change (especially for the better); to atone; to chastise, punish; to correct, remedy, amend; to cure; to excel, surpass; to forgive; to get or make better, improve; to make ready; to mend, repair, restore; to get well, recover; to relieve”), or from its etymon Anglo-Norman amender and Old French amender (“to cure; to fix, repair; to set right, correct”) (modern French amender), from Latin ēmendāre, the present active infinitive of ēmendō (“to atone; to chastise, punish;…

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