adjusting
調整する
解説 Definition
adjusting は adjust（調整する、合わせる）の現在分詞・動名詞です。位置や量、計画、行動などを少し変えて適した状態にすることを表します。
Changing the position, amount, setting, plan, or behavior of something slightly so that it works better or suits a particular situation. This is the present-participle or gerund form of the verb adjust.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 adjust「少し変えて適合させる」に -ing をそのまま付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、語末の t は重ねない。is adjusting the volume なら進行中、adjusting the brakes なら動作自体を表す。音量・予定・位置などの「ずれを小さく直す」場面で覚える。
Start with the base verb adjust, meaning to make a small change so that something fits or works better. Add -ing directly—adjusting—with no doubled final consonant. In He is adjusting the volume, it forms a progressive verb and shows an action in progress. In adjusting the brakes took an hour, it can name the activity as a gerund. Picture turning a control a little, moving a schedule, or fine-tuning brakes rather than replacing everything. Useful combinations include adjusting the volume, adjusting a schedule, adjusting the settings, and adjusting to change.
例文
He is adjusting the volume.
彼は音量を調整しています。
I am adjusting my schedule for the meeting.
私は会議に合わせて予定を調整しています。
The mechanic spent an hour adjusting the brakes.
整備士はブレーキの調整に1時間かけました。
adjusting の類義語・関連語
adjusting の語源・成り立ち Etymology
adjusting は adjust＋-ing。adjust は古フランス語 ajuster、さらに後期ラテン語 adjuxtare（ad-「〜へ」＋ juxta「すぐそばに」）に由来します。もとは『ぴたりと横に寄せる』ことで、そこから『ずれを直して整える』となり、juxtapose も同じ juxta 系です。
Adjusting consists of adjust and the present-participle or gerund suffix -ing. Adjust came through French ajuster and is associated with the idea of bringing things into proper relation. Its deeper formation is traced to Latin ad-, “to,” and juxta, “near” or “next to,” suggesting the placing of one thing close to another. The spatial idea developed into the modern sense of correcting a position, amount, or arrangement. Juxtapose also contains the Latin element juxta.
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