誘拐している、誘拐すること
解説 Definition
abduct「誘拐する、力ずくで連れ去る」の現在分詞・動名詞形。進行中の行為を表すほか、「誘拐すること」という名詞的な働きもする。
Abducting is the act of taking a person away illegally or by force, often in order to hold that person captive. It is the -ing form of abduct and may function as a gerund or as part of a continuous verb phrase.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
abduct「人を力ずくで連れ去る」に -ing を付けた形で、語末を変えず abduct + ing と作ります。発音は /æbˈdʌktɪŋ/。ab-「離れて」と「導く」に由来する部分を手掛かりに、someone を元の場所から不法に連れ去る場面を想像します。名詞では kidnapping のほうが一般的で、abducting は動作を強く意識させます。
Abducting is formed regularly by adding -ing to abduct: abduct + ing, with no spelling change. Link its parts historically to the idea of leading someone away from a place. This helps distinguish it from ordinary taking or accompanying, because abducting normally involves force, illegality, or lack of consent. A typical pattern is abducting someone from a location. As a noun-like gerund, it emphasizes the action itself, though abduction and kidnapping are often more natural nouns. It can also form a continuous tense, as in “They were abducting the victim.”
例文
Police arrested the man for abducting a child.
警察は子どもを誘拐した容疑でその男を逮捕した。
The witness saw two men abducting the driver.
目撃者は2人の男が運転手を連れ去るところを見た。
Abducting someone by force is a serious crime.
人を力ずくで誘拐することは重大な犯罪である。
abducting の類義語・関連語
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abducting の語源・成り立ち Etymology
abducting は動詞 abduct の名詞的用法で、原義は「連れ去ること」。語源はラテン語 abducere「離れて導く」で、ab-「離れて」+ ducere「導く」から、人を元の場所から連れ去るという意味が「誘拐」になった。関連語は conduct, deduce。
Abducting is the -ing form of abduct. Abduct comes from Latin abductus, associated with abducere, “to lead away,” which combines ab-, “away from,” with ducere, “to lead.” English developed the legal and general sense of carrying a person away by force or without lawful authority. The ending -ing allows the form to name the action as a gerund or to express an action in progress.
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