passportとは意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːspɔːt/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈpæspɔɹt/
• 韻: -ɑːspɔːt, -æspɔɹt

名詞

passport (複数形 passports)

1. An official document normally used for international journeys, which proves the identity and nationality of the person for whom it was issued.

   You will have to bring your passport to prove who you are.

   • 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 17, in Crime out of Mind‎^[1]:

     Dagobert gave him back his passport. He re-pocketed it indifferently; a talisman which had lost its potency.

2. (by extension, informal) Any document that allows entry or passage.
3. (figuratively) Something which enables someone to do or achieve something.

   The tenor's voice was his passport to the international concert circuit.

派生語

派生した語

• → Hindi: पासपोर्ट (pāsporṭ)
• → Urdu: پاسپورٹ‎

動詞

passport (三人称単数 現在形 passports, 現在分詞 passporting, 過去形および過去分詞形 passported)

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   • 2002, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, The Parliamentary Debates (Hansard).: House of Lords official report:

     Did we not pass an Act last year which passported the money directly through to the schools and gave local authorities very little discretion?

   • 2019, Federico Fabbrini, Marco Ventoruzzo, Research Handbook on EU Economic Law, Edward Elgar Publishing, →ISBN, page 508:

     Also, in this context, rules are different in relation to passporting the asset managers' activities, or the product […]