Question of the Day #1150

The Importance Of Becoming A Disruptor In 2023

From the headline of this article at Forbes.

  上記の文で、disruptorの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "disruptor" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

1. 〔行為やその進行を〕中断させる人［もの］、邪魔する人［もの］◆disrupter＝disruptor◆【動】disrupt
2. 〔物事の秩序を〕混乱させる人［もの］、破壊する人［もの］
3. 創造的破壊者◆最新のデジタル技術を活用して、旧式の方法・商品・サービスをもっと便利で効率の良いものに変える人（または企業）。結果的に旧式のもの（を扱う市場）は破壊されることになる。◆【類】innovator
4. 《生化学》かく乱物質

上記見出しの意味は、3番の訳です。

 

Answer

The meaning of the word disruptor in the above headline according to the Cambridge Dictionary is:

a company that changes the traditional way an industry operates, especially in a new and effective way

 

Examples

1. Small high-tech companies with low overheads have often been among the main disruptors in the industry.
2. In recent years mobile technology has acted as a disruptor of traditional business models.
3. To be a disrupter is to create a product, service, or way of doing things which displaces the existing market leaders and eventually replaces them at the helm of the sector.
4. Disruptors are often linked to the fast-moving technology industry but can be found in almost any area of business.
5. Digging a little deeper into its meaning, we need to realise that although a disruptor is always an innovator, not every innovator is a disruptor.

   

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