accommodating
親切な
解説 Definition
accommodating は accommodate（便宜を図る、対応する）の現在分詞に由来し、形容詞として「親切な、融通の利く」という意味です。相手の都合や希望に合わせようとする人や態度を表します。
Willing to adjust plans, rules, or behavior to suit another person's needs or wishes. It commonly describes a helpful, flexible person, attitude, or service.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
動詞 accommodate「相手の必要に合わせる・便宜を図る」に -ing が付いて形容詞化した語です。「柔軟に合わせてくれる人」を思い浮かべ、accommodating staff や be accommodating about a schedule change の形で覚えましょう。単なる kind より、相手の希望に応じて融通を利かせる点が中心です。
Connect accommodating with the verb accommodate, meaning “to adjust to someone’s needs” or “to provide what is needed.” The -ing form is used here as an adjective, so accommodating staff are staff members who willingly make adjustments for guests. Learn it in phrases such as “accommodating about a schedule change” and “an accommodating attitude.” Unlike the broader word kind, accommodating specifically suggests flexibility and a readiness to fit another person’s wishes or circumstances.
例文
The hotel staff were very accommodating.
ホテルのスタッフはとても親切でした。
Our teacher was accommodating when we asked for more time.
私たちが時間の延長をお願いすると、先生は親切に対応してくれました。
She was accommodating about the schedule change and helped us find a new date.
彼女は日程変更に融通を利かせ、新しい日を探すのを手伝ってくれました。
accommodating の類義語・関連語
accommodating の語源・成り立ち Etymology
accommodating は accommodate「合わせる、便宜を図る」から来た形容詞です。accommodate はラテン語 accommodare に由来し、ad-「〜へ」+ commodus「都合のよい、適した」から成ります。つまり「相手にうまく合わせる」ことから「親切な、融通の利く」という意味になりました。関連語は accommodation, commodity。
Accommodating is formed from the verb accommodate and the suffix -ing. Accommodate entered English through Latin accommodare, built from ad-, meaning “to” or “toward,” and commodus, meaning “suitable” or “convenient.” The underlying idea is making something fit or suitable. From the participial sense of actively adjusting to a need, accommodating developed its familiar adjectival meaning of helpful, cooperative, and flexible.
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