proprietary

独自の、特許を取得した

製造・開発した会社だけが法律上の権利を持つ。

やさしい英語で： Made or developed by a company that holds the exclusive legal rights to it.

• The company uses a proprietary formula.
• Their proprietary technology makes the batteries last longer.
• Several manufacturers license this proprietary process.

類義語： patented, exclusive

よく使う表現： proprietary technology, proprietary formula, proprietary product

独自仕様の、プロプライエタリの

一つの組織が管理し、共通の規格とは異なる。

やさしい英語で： Controlled by one organization and different from a shared standard.

• The file uses a proprietary format.
• This proprietary extension only works in one browser.
• Can the program read documents from proprietary systems?

類義語： closed, vendor-specific

反対語： open, standard

よく使う表現： proprietary format, proprietary software, proprietary extension

所有権に関する

何かを所有する法律上の権利に関する。

やさしい英語で： Connected with the legal right to own something.

• The agreement protects her proprietary rights.
• He has a proprietary interest in the land.
• The court examined their proprietary claims to the assets.

類義語： proprietorial

よく使う表現： proprietary rights, proprietary interest, proprietary claim

財産を所有する

財産を持っている、または所有者の集団に属する。

やさしい英語で： Owning property or belonging to a group of property owners.

• The proprietary class owned much of the land.
• Proprietary families controlled several large estates.
• The reforms reduced the influence of the proprietary elite.

類義語： property-owning

よく使う表現： proprietary class, proprietary families

私有の、私立の

個人や民間の会社が所有する。

やさしい英語で： Owned by a private person or company.

• The village had a proprietary chapel.
• Access to the proprietary lake required the owner’s permission.
• The report compared public and proprietary hospitals.

類義語： privately owned, private

反対語： public

よく使う表現： proprietary hospital, proprietary chapel, proprietary lake

独占欲の強い、所有者気取りの

人や物を自分のものと考え、他人との関わりを嫌う。

やさしい英語で： Showing that you consider someone or something yours and dislike others having a connection with them.

• He spoke with a proprietary air.
• She gave her partner a proprietary smile.
• He became surprisingly proprietary about the shared garden.

使い方： proprietary about someone/something (She was proprietary about her collection.)

類義語： possessive, territorial

よく使う表現： proprietary air, proprietary attitude, proprietary interest