abandoning
放棄する
解説 Definition
abandoningとは、人・場所・物・考えなどを完全に捨てる、または見捨てる行為を表す動詞の現在分詞形。責任や義務を放棄する場合や、計画・プロジェクトを途中でやめる場合にも使われる。ネガティブな含意を持つことが多く、無責任さや断念を示す語である。
Abandoning is the act or ongoing process of completely leaving a person, place, possession, responsibility, plan, or goal behind. It often implies that support, control, or further effort is being permanently withdrawn.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 abandon に -ing をそのまま付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、eの脱落や子音重複はなく、末尾を /ɪŋ/ と発音する。abandoning a project、a plan、a dream のように、途中で完全に手放す対象と結び付ける。単に postpone「延期する」のではなく、戻らない意図を含みやすい。
Abandoning is the present participle or gerund of abandon, formed by adding -ing directly: there is no dropped e or doubled consonant, and the ending is pronounced /ɪŋ/. Learn it with objects that people may leave completely behind: abandoning a project, abandoning a ship, abandoning a responsibility, or abandoning a dream. The key idea is more final than postponing something, which leaves open the possibility of returning later. Depending on the sentence, abandoning can describe an action in progress or function as a noun naming the act itself, as in “Abandoning the plan was difficult.”
例文
Abandoning the project halfway through was a difficult decision.
プロジェクトを途中で放棄することは難しい決断だった。
The sailors were forced to abandon the sinking ship.
船員たちは沈みゆく船を放棄せざるを得なかった。
He regretted abandoning his childhood dream of becoming a musician.
彼は音楽家になるという幼い頃の夢を諦めたことを後悔した。
abandoning の類義語・関連語
abandoning の語源・成り立ち Etymology
abandoning は abandon + -ing。abandon は古フランス語 abandoner に由来し、さらに a bandon「人の支配・思いのままに」にさかのぼります。ban も同根で、もとは「相手の裁量に委ねる」ことから、後に「見捨てる・放棄する」になりました。
Abandoning consists of abandon plus the participial suffix -ing. Abandon came into English from Old French abandoner and is historically connected with the phrase a bandon, referring to being under someone’s control or at someone’s disposal. From the idea of giving something over to another’s power or leaving it to its fate, the verb developed its modern senses of deserting, relinquishing, or giving up completely. The -ing form requires no change to the base spelling.
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